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Spectrum Relocation Enhancement Act

Bill: 118-hr-3430
Sponsor: Rep. Matsui, Doris O. [D-CA-7]
Introduced: 2023-05-17 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Radio spectrum allocation
Research administration and funding
Research and development

Summary:
action_date: 2023-05-17
text: 

Spectrum Relocation Enhancement Act

 
This bill modifies procedures related to the relocation or sharing of federal portions of the electromagnetic spectrum, including the uses of and requirements for the Spectrum Relocation Fund (SRF), which is a funding mechanism through which federal agencies can recover certain costs associated with spectrum relocation or sharing. The bill permits the SRF to more broadly cover those costs.
 
Currently, the SRF covers costs to achieve comparable capabilities, while the bill permits it to cover costs to deploy systems that satisfy operational requirements. Further, the SRF may cover costs for more extensive operational requirements than those being met before the relocation or sharing provided that the more extensive costs do not jeopardize an auction, sharing, or other nonfederal use of the spectrum.
 
Additionally, the bill expands planning and coordination requirements. This includes (1) specifying more detailed requirements for transition plans that federal agencies must submit to receive SRF payments, and (2) requiring agencies to coordinate with the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) on their transition plans and other activities.
 
The bill also funds administrative support for a technical panel that reviews the plans for transitioning federal use of spectrum to nonfederal or shared use.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-12
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2023-07-12
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
action_date: 2023-05-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
action_date: 2023-05-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2023-05-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-05-17
text: Introduced in House
Spectrum Coexistence Act

Bill: 118-hr-3431
Sponsor: Rep. Matsui, Doris O. [D-CA-7]
Introduced: 2023-05-17 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies
Department of Commerce
Government information and archives
Retail and wholesale trades
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2023-05-17
text: 

Spectrum Coexistence Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Commerce to convene a working group to develop and periodically update technical specifications and other measures to minimize interference from commercial operations in the portions of the electromagnetic spectrum that are allocated for federal use or shared use. This includes developing voluntary standards and other measures for encouraging the design, manufacture, and sale of radio receivers operating in federal systems with features that provide interference immunity (i.e., features that limit interruptions or obstructions of federal operations when spectrum is shared). The working group must include representatives from federal agencies, the telecommunications industry, and academia.
 
Additionally, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) and the Federal Communications Commission must publish the measures developed by the working group on the website of the NTIA and in the 
Federal Register
.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-05-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
action_date: 2023-05-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2023-05-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-05-17
text: Introduced in House
Telemental Health Care Access Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-3432
Sponsor: Rep. Matsui, Doris O. [D-CA-7]
Introduced: 2023-05-17 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Congressional oversight
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government studies and investigations
Health care coverage and access
Health programs administration and funding
Health technology, devices, supplies
Internet, web applications, social media
Medicare
Mental health

Summary:
action_date: 2023-05-17
text: 

Telemental Health Care Access Act of 

2023

 
This bill eliminates certain restrictions relating to Medicare coverage of mental health services that are provided through telehealth. 
 
Current law allows for coverage of such services regardless of the geographic location of the originating site (i.e., the location of the beneficiary), as long as the beneficiary previously received in-person services and continues to receive in-person services at specified intervals (effective January 1, 2025). The bill eliminates these in-person requirements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-12-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-05-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-05-17
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: 2023-05-17
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: 2023-05-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-05-17
text: Introduced in House
Give Kids a Chance Act of 2024

Bill: 118-hr-3433
Sponsor: Rep. McCaul, Michael T. [R-TX-10]
Introduced: 2023-05-17 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cancer
Child health
Congressional oversight
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Drug therapy
Government studies and investigations
Medical research
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2023-05-17
text: 

Give Kids a Chance Act of 2023

 
This bill authorizes certain targeted clinical trials involving combinations of drugs to treat pediatric cancer.
 
Specifically, the bill modifies requirements relating to molecularly targeted pediatric cancer investigations so as to authorize investigations of new drugs that are used in combination with active ingredients that have already been approved and that (1) have been determined to be the standard of care for treating a pediatric cancer, or (2) have been approved to treat an adult cancer and are directed at molecular targets for pediatric cancer.
 
The Food and Drug Administration must issue guidance and report on the bill's implementation. The Government Accountability Office must report on the effectiveness of the bill's changes with respect to the development of pediatric cancer drugs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-09-24
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2024-09-23
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2024-09-23
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5582-5585)
action_date: 2024-09-23
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5582-5585)
action_date: 2024-09-23
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3433.
action_date: 2024-09-23
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5582-5587)
action_date: 2024-09-23
text: Mr. Bucshon moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2024-09-20
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 594.
action_date: 2024-09-20
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 118-700.
action_date: 2024-09-20
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 118-700.
action_date: 2024-09-18
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 43 - 0.
action_date: 2024-09-18
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
action_date: 2024-05-16
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 16 - 11.
action_date: 2024-05-16
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
action_date: 2023-05-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-05-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2023-05-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-05-17
text: Introduced in House
Teaching Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander History Act

Bill: 118-hr-3434
Sponsor: Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6]
Introduced: 2023-05-17 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans

Summary:
action_date: 2023-05-17
text: 

Teaching Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander 

History Act

 
This bill requires entities (e.g., institutions of higher education, libraries, and museums), in order to be eligible for certain grants administered by the Department of Education (ED), to include Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander history in their teaching of American history. It also requires Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander history to be included in tests administered by the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP).
 
Specifically, the bill mandates the inclusion of Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander history as a required component of American history for such entities to be eligible for American History and Civics Academies' competitive grants. These grants support the establishment of (1) Presidential Academies for Teachers of American History and Civics, which offer workshops to teachers of American history and civics to strengthen their knowledge and prepare them to teach in these subjects; and (2) Congressional Academies for Students of American History and Civics, which support high school students in developing an understanding of these subjects. (Currently, Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander history is not a required component of American history for either academy.)
 
In addition, ED must give priority to grant applicants that align their activities with programs and resources of the Smithsonian Institution's Asian Pacific American Center.
 
The bill also requires the inclusion of Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander history in tests administered by the NAEP, which measures student academic achievement in various subjects.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-05-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2023-05-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-05-17
text: Introduced in House
Charitable Act

Bill: 118-hr-3435
Sponsor: Rep. Moore, Blake D. [R-UT-1]
Introduced: 2023-05-17 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2023-05-17
text: 

Charitable Act

 
This bill allows individual taxpayers who do not otherwise itemize their tax deductions a deduction in taxable years beginning in 2023 or 2024 for charitable contributions. The deduction is limited to one-third of the standard deduction allowed to such taxpayers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-05-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2023-05-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-05-17
text: Introduced in House
Support Our Election Workers Act

Bill: 118-hr-3436
Sponsor: Rep. Morelle, Joseph D. [D-NY-25]
Introduced: 2023-05-17 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
action_date: 2023-05-17
text: 

Support Our Election Workers Act

 
This bill directs the Election Assistance Commission to establish a program to make payments to states to provide increased pay for election workers, including individuals serving as election officials or poll workers on a temporary or unpaid basis.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-05-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2023-05-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-05-17
text: Introduced in House
Colorado Outdoor Recreation and Economy Act

Bill: 118-hr-3437
Sponsor: Rep. Neguse, Joe [D-CO-2]
Introduced: 2023-05-17 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:
action_date: 2023-05-17
text: 

Colorado Outdoor Recreation and Economy Act

 
This bill provides for the conservation of specified lands in Colorado. 
 
Specifically, the bill designates
 
 
specified federal lands within the White River National Forest as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System,
 
the proposed Williams Fork Mountains Wilderness as a potential wilderness area,
 
 the Spraddle Creek Wildlife Conservation Area, 
 
the Porcupine Gulch Wildlife Conservation Area,
 
the Williams Fork Mountains Wildlife Conservation Area,
 
the Sheep Mountain and Liberty Bell East Special Management Areas, 
 
the Curecanti National Recreation Area, and
 
the interpretive site located beside U.S. Route 24 as the Sandy Treat Overlook.
 
 
The bill adjusts the boundary of the White River National Forest and the Rocky Mountain National Park Potential Wilderness. 
 
The bill provides for the inclusion of additional federal lands in the National Wilderness Preservation System.
 
The bill provides for the cancellation of all Thompson Divide oil or gas leases.
 
The bill establishes the Greater Thompson Divide Fugitive Coal Mine Methane Use Pilot Program to promote the capture, beneficial use, mitigation, and sequestration of fugitive methane emissions to reduce methane emissions, improve air quality, and improve public safety, among other things.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-05-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2023-05-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2023-05-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-05-17
text: Introduced in House
MINDS Act

Bill: 118-hr-3438
Sponsor: Rep. Norcross, Donald [D-NJ-1]
Introduced: 2023-05-17 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-05-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2023-05-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-05-17
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Rural Telehealth Access Act

Bill: 118-hr-3440
Sponsor: Rep. Pappas, Chris [D-NH-1]
Introduced: 2023-05-17 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Health information and medical records
Health technology, devices, supplies
Home and outpatient care
Internet, web applications, social media
Medicare
Mental health
Rural conditions and development
Sound recording

Summary:
action_date: 2023-05-17
text: 

Protecting Rural Telehealth Access Act

 
This bill expands coverage of telehealth services under Medicare. 
 
Specifically, the bill permanently (1) removes geographic restrictions on originating sites (i.e., the location of the beneficiary), (2) allows the home of the beneficiary to serve as the originating site for all services, (3) allows federally qualified health centers and rural health clinics to serve as the distant site (i.e., the location of the health care practitioner), and (4) expands coverage to include audio-only services for evaluation and management and behavioral health services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-12-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-05-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-05-17
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: 2023-05-17
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: 2023-05-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-05-17
text: Introduced in House
Silver Cliff Community Act

Bill: 118-hr-3441
Sponsor: Rep. Pettersen, Brittany [D-CO-7]
Introduced: 2023-05-17 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Colorado
Postal service

Summary:
action_date: 2023-05-17
text: 

Silver Cliff Community Act

 
This bill directs the United States Postal Service to designate a single, unique ZIP Code for Silver Cliff, Colorado.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-05-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability.
action_date: 2023-05-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-05-17
text: Introduced in House
America’s CHILDREN Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-3442
Sponsor: Rep. Ross, Deborah K. [D-NC-2]
Introduced: 2023-05-17 in the House
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2023-05-17
text: 

America's CHILDREN Act of 2023 or the Protecting Children of Long-Term Visa Holders Act of 2023
 

 

This bill provides lawful permanent resident status to certain college graduates who entered the United States as children and addresses other immigration-related issues.
 
Specifically, this bill allows a non-U.S. national (
alien
 under federal law) to apply for lawful permanent resident status if the individual (1) was lawfully present in the United States as a dependent child of an individual admitted for employment, (2) was in the United States with such status for at least eight years, (3) has graduated from an institution of higher education in the United States, and (4) is not deportable or otherwise inadmissible. In addition, the individual must have been lawfully present in the United States for at least 10 years at the time of the application.
 
The bill also modifies various provisions related to calculating an individual's age for immigration purposes and the priority date of certain immigration-related applications. For example, to determine whether an individual is a dependent child for certain immigration petitions, the individual's age at the time a petition is filed shall be the age used for that determination. (Currently, this determination for some petitions is based on the individual's age at the time a visa becomes available, so it is possible for an individual to be a dependent child when filing a petition but become too old to qualify by the time the visa is available.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-05-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-05-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-05-17
text: Introduced in House
Foster Youth Mentoring Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-3443
Sponsor: Rep. Scanlon, Mary Gay [D-PA-5]
Introduced: 2023-05-17 in the House
Policy area: Families

Summary:
action_date: 2023-05-17
text: 

Foster Youth Mentoring Act of 20

2

3

 
This bill directs the Department of Health and Human Services to award grants for programs that provide mentoring for children in foster care and children with experience in foster care.
 
Mentoring under such programs must match youth with appropriately screened and trained adult or peer volunteers and involve regular meetings designed to last for at least one year.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-12-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Work and Welfare.
action_date: 2023-05-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2023-05-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-05-17
text: Introduced in House
Strength in Diversity Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-3444
Sponsor: Rep. Scott, Robert C. "Bobby" [D-VA-3]
Introduced: 2023-05-17 in the House
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2023-05-17
text: 

Strength in Diversity Act of 

2023

 
This bill establishes a program through which the Department of Education may award planning and implementation grants to specified educational agencies (e.g., local educational agencies) to improve diversity and reduce or eliminate racial or socioeconomic isolation in publicly funded early childhood education programs, public elementary schools, or public secondary schools.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-05-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2023-05-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-05-17
text: Introduced in House
Equity and Inclusion Enforcement Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-3445
Sponsor: Rep. Scott, Robert C. "Bobby" [D-VA-3]
Introduced: 2023-05-17 in the House
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues

Summary:
action_date: 2023-05-17
text: 

Equity and Inclusion Enforcement Act
 

of 

2023

 
 This bill authorizes private civil causes of action for disparate impact violations (to the same extent as intentional violations) of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits discrimination based on race, color, or national origin in federally funded programs or activities.
 
Education programs that receive financial assistance authorized or extended by the Department of Education (ED) must designate at least one Title VI compliance coordinator to carry out responsibilities and investigate complaints. 
 
The bill requires ED to appoint a Special Assistant for Equity and Inclusion to (1) promote, coordinate, and evaluate efforts to engender program compliance and inform individuals of their rights; and (2) advise ED on matters relating to compliance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-05-17
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: 2023-05-17
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: 2023-05-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-05-17
text: Introduced in House
Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-3446
Sponsor: Rep. Spartz, Victoria [R-IN-5]
Introduced: 2023-05-17 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Alternative dispute resolution, mediation, arbitration
Civil actions and liability
Government information and archives
Government liability
Judicial procedure and administration
Judicial review and appeals
Legal fees and court costs

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-04-05
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 367.
action_date: 2024-04-05
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 118-443.
action_date: 2024-04-05
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 118-443.
action_date: 2023-06-14
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
action_date: 2023-06-14
text: Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 14 - 10.
action_date: 2023-05-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-05-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-05-17
text: Introduced in House