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Veteran and Servicemember Consumer Protection Act

Bill: 118-hr-6350
Sponsor: Rep. McGarvey, Morgan [D-KY-3]
Introduced: 2023-11-09 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Consumer affairs
Crime victims
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government information and archives
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Marketing and advertising
Military personnel and dependents
Postal service
Telephone and wireless communication
Television and film
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs

Summary:
action_date: 2023-11-09
text: 

Veteran and Servicemember Consumer Protection Act

This bill directs the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to designate a coordinator within the Bureau of Consumer Protection to advise the FTC on preventing fraud targeting military veterans and service members and to assist the FTC in monitoring the market for mail, television, internet, telemarketing, and recorded message telephone call (robocall) fraud targeting those individuals.

The coordinator must (1) disseminate to veterans, service members, and their families and caregivers information about the most common fraud schemes, including methods of reporting complaints to the FTC; (2) make complaints immediately available to relevant law enforcement authorities; (3) publish information regarding the FTC's enforcement actions; and (4) maintain a website as a resource for information on fraud targeting those individuals. 
 

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-11-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Innovation, Data, and Commerce.
action_date: 2023-11-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2023-11-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-11-09
text: Introduced in House
To establish the Commission on National Agricultural Statistics Service Modernization to modernize the data collection and reporting processes of the National Agricultural Statistics Service, and for other purposes.

Bill: 118-hr-6351
Sponsor: Rep. Moore, Barry [R-AL-2]
Introduced: 2023-11-09 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Agricultural research
Census and government statistics
Congressional oversight

Summary:
action_date: 2023-11-09
text: 
This bill establishes the Commission on National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) Modernization to study and provide recommendations on modernizing and streamlining data collection at NASS. (NASS conducts the Census of Agriculture and provides official statistics on agricultural production and other farm sector indicators.)

The 11-member commission must include 4 specified members from the Department of Agriculture, 1 member from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and 6 members appointed by the House and Senate Agriculture Committees.

At the request of the commission chair, federal agencies must provide the commission information related to the study.

The commission must submit a report to the President and Congress on the results of the study within three years of the bill's enactment. The report must include (1) an inventory of surveys conducted by NASS and their frequency; and (2) recommendations for administrative, regulatory, and legislative changes.
 

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-01-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology.
action_date: 2023-11-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2023-11-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-11-09
text: Introduced in House
Tax Stamp Revenue Transfer for Wildlife and Recreation Act

Bill: 118-hr-6352
Sponsor: Rep. Moore, Blake D. [R-UT-1]
Introduced: 2023-11-09 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Firearms and explosives
Government trust funds
Hunting and fishing
Licensing and registrations
Sales and excise taxes
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2023-11-09
text: 
 
Tax Stamp Revenue Transfer for Wildlife and Recreation Act 

 
This bill transfers a portion of the excise tax for transferring a firearms suppressor and allocates tax revenues to support wildlife conservation and recreational activities, and expedite the processing of suppressor applications by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-09-10
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held
action_date: 2024-09-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife, and Fisheries.
action_date: 2023-11-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and 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: 2023-11-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and 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: 2023-11-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and 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: 2023-11-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-11-09
text: Introduced in House
Veterans HOPE Act

Bill: 118-hr-6353
Sponsor: Rep. Murphy, Gregory F. [R-NC-3]
Introduced: 2023-11-09 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Government information and archives
Health facilities and institutions
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Health promotion and preventive care
Medical research
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Mental health
Neurological disorders
Prescription drugs
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2023-11-09
text: 

Veterans Heroin Overdose Prevention Examination Act or the Veterans HOPE Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to complete a review of the deaths of all covered veterans who died from opioid overdoses during the five-year period preceding the enactment of this bill. Covered veterans are those who received VA hospital care or medical services during the five-year period preceding the death of the veteran. 
 
The VA shall report on the results of the review and make such report publicly available.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-12-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-11-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2023-11-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-11-09
text: Introduced in House
Service Academies District of Columbia Equality Act

Bill: 118-hr-6354
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2023-11-09 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2023-11-09
text: 

Service Academies District of Columbia Equality Act

 
This bill increases from 5 to 15 the number of individuals from the District of Columbia who may be appointed to the U.S. Military Academy, U.S. Naval Academy, and U.S. Air Force Academy.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-11-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2023-11-09
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1081)
action_date: 2023-11-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-11-09
text: Introduced in House
Never Forgotten Korean War POW Act

Bill: 118-hr-6355
Sponsor: Rep. Ryan, Patrick [D-NY-18]
Introduced: 2023-11-09 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-11-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2023-11-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-11-09
text: Introduced in House
Hudson River Protection Act

Bill: 118-hr-6356
Sponsor: Rep. Ryan, Patrick [D-NY-18]
Introduced: 2023-11-09 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Lakes and rivers
New York State

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-11-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
action_date: 2023-11-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2023-11-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-11-09
text: Introduced in House
Access to Reproductive Care for Servicemembers Act

Bill: 118-hr-6357
Sponsor: Rep. Sherrill, Mikie [D-NJ-11]
Introduced: 2023-11-09 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-11-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2023-11-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-11-09
text: Introduced in House
Fair Warning Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-6358
Sponsor: Rep. Sykes, Emilia Strong [D-OH-13]
Introduced: 2023-11-09 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-11-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2023-11-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-11-09
text: Introduced in House
Guaranteeing Overtime for Truckers Act

Bill: 118-hr-6359
Sponsor: Rep. Van Drew, Jefferson [R-NJ-2]
Introduced: 2023-11-09 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-11-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2023-11-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-11-09
text: Introduced in House
POW Priority Care Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-6360
Sponsor: Rep. Walberg, Tim [R-MI-5]
Introduced: 2023-11-09 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Detention of persons
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2023-11-09
text: 

POW Priority Care Act of 2023

 
This bill increases the priority status of former prisoners of war in the Department of Veterans Affairs health care system to the highest priority for hospital care and medical services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-11-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-11-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2023-11-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-11-09
text: Introduced in House
Veterans Service Organization Modernization Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-6361
Sponsor: Rep. Waters, Maxine [D-CA-43]
Introduced: 2023-11-09 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development

Summary:
action_date: 2023-11-09
text: 

Veterans Service Organization Modernization Act of 202

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This bill requires the Department of Housing and Urban Development to provide competitive grants to veterans service organizations for repairs or rehabilitation of existing facilities and for modernization of technologies. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-11-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2023-11-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-11-09
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Benefits for Disabled Veterans Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-6362
Sponsor: Rep. Waters, Maxine [D-CA-43]
Introduced: 2023-11-09 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Disability and paralysis
Unemployment
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Veterans' pensions and compensation
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2023-11-09
text: 

Protecting Benefits for Disabled Veterans Act of 2023

 
This bill provides statutory authority for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to assign, for purposes of the disability compensation program, a disability rating of total to a veteran who meets certain parameters and is unable to secure or maintain substantially gainful employment due to a service-connected disability.
 
Specifically, the VA may make such a disability determination if a veteran has a service-connected disability rated at least 60%, or has two or more service-connected disabilities with one being at least 40% and a combined total of at least 70%. The VA may also make a determination on the disability rating in circumstances where a veteran meeting the specified parameters maintains marginal employment (income is less than the poverty threshold), or if the veteran maintains substantially gainful employment (exceeds the poverty threshold) and the VA determines that the rating is appropriate.
 
The bill prescribes what disabilities may be considered as one disability (e.g., disabilities incurred or aggravated as a prisoner of war).
 
The VA may not consider the age of a veteran or eligibility for retirement benefits when making any determination related to disability rating.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-07-23
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2024-07-23
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
action_date: 2024-07-10
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held
action_date: 2023-11-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2023-11-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2023-11-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-11-09
text: Introduced in House
Medicare Telehealth Privacy Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-6364
Sponsor: Rep. Balderson, Troy [R-OH-12]
Introduced: 2023-11-13 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health information and medical records
Health technology, devices, supplies
Medicare
Right of privacy

Summary:

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 by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2023-11-15
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
action_date: 2023-11-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-11-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2023-11-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2023-11-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-11-13
text: Introduced in House
Stopping Illicit Oil Shipments Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-6365
Sponsor: Rep. Waters, Maxine [D-CA-43]
Introduced: 2023-11-13 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Customs enforcement
Government information and archives
Insurance industry and regulation
Licensing and registrations
Life, casualty, property insurance
Oil and gas
Trade restrictions

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-12-19
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 269.
action_date: 2023-12-19
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 118-330.
action_date: 2023-12-19
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 118-330.
action_date: 2023-11-14
text: Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 50 - 0.
action_date: 2023-11-14
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
action_date: 2023-11-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2023-11-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-11-13
text: Introduced in House
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act with respect to the work geographic index for physician payments under the Medicare program, and to revise the phase-in of clinical laboratory test payment changes under such program.

Bill: 118-hr-6366
Sponsor: Rep. Hudson, Richard [R-NC-9]
Introduced: 2023-11-13 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Government information and archives
Health care costs and insurance
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2023-11-13
text: 
This bill (1) extends through 2024 certain minimum adjustments to the work geographic index with respect to payments for physician services under Medicare, and (2) delays until 2025 certain laboratory reporting requirements that are used to determine payment rates for clinical diagnostic laboratory tests under Medicare, as well as related payment reductions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-12-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-11-15
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2023-11-15
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
action_date: 2023-11-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-11-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2023-11-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2023-11-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-11-13
text: Introduced in House
Armed Conflict Migration Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-6367
Sponsor: Rep. Cleaver, Emanuel [D-MO-5]
Introduced: 2023-11-13 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Conflicts and wars
Department of the Treasury
Federal officials
Foreign aid and international relief
Foreign and international banking
Israel
Palestinians
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2023-11-13
text: 

Armed Conflict Migration Act of 2023

This bill requires the Department of the Treasury to instruct the U.S. Executive Director at each international financial institution to use the voice, vote, and influence of the United States to support the provision of financial assistance to countries that receive an influx of civilian, non-combatant displaced persons as a result of the armed conflict from Hamas' October 2023 attacks in Israel.

The requirement sunsets on the earlier of (1) seven years after the date of enactment, or (2) the date Treasury certifies to specified congressional committees that the requirement is no longer in the national interest or that such influx has ceased.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-12-19
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 268.
action_date: 2023-12-19
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 118-329.
action_date: 2023-12-19
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 118-329.
action_date: 2023-11-14
text: Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2023-11-14
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
action_date: 2023-11-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2023-11-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-11-13
text: Introduced in House
Indian Buffalo Management Act

Bill: 118-hr-6368
Sponsor: Rep. LaMalfa, Doug [R-CA-1]
Introduced: 2023-11-13 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Animal protection and human-animal relationships
Federal-Indian relations
Indian lands and resources rights
Indian social and development programs
Mammals
Veterinary medicine and animal diseases
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2023-11-13
text:  

Indian Buffalo Management Act

 
 This bill establishes a program within the Department of the Interior to develop and promote tribal ownership and management of buffalo and buffalo habitat on Indian lands.
 
Specifically, the bill requires Interior to (1) enter into contracts, award grants, and provide technical assistance to Indian tribes and tribal organizations for activities related to buffalo restoration or management; (2) consult with tribes and tribal organizations on initiatives that affect buffalo or buffalo habitat, including efforts to contain or eradicate diseased buffalo; and (3) develop a policy relating to buffalo and buffalo habitat management activities on Indian land.
 
Additionally, Interior may enter into agreements with tribes or tribal organizations to transport surplus buffalo from federal land onto Indian land.

 
action_date: 2024-06-27
text: 

Indian Buffalo Management Act

This bill establishes a program within the Department of the Interior to develop and promote tribal ownership and management of buffalo and buffalo habitat on Indian lands.

Specifically, the bill requires Interior to (1) enter into contracts, award grants, and provide technical assistance to Indian tribes and tribal organizations for activities related to buffalo restoration or management; (2) consult with tribes and tribal organizations on initiatives that affect buffalo or buffalo habitat, including efforts to contain or eradicate diseased buffalo; and (3) develop a policy relating to buffalo and buffalo habitat management activities on Indian land.

Additionally, Interior may enter into agreements with tribes or tribal organizations to transport surplus buffalo from federal land onto Indian land.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-06-27
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 465.
action_date: 2024-06-27
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 118-563.
action_date: 2024-06-27
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 118-563.
action_date: 2024-03-12
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2024-03-12
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
action_date: 2024-03-12
text: Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs Discharged
action_date: 2023-12-05
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held
action_date: 2023-11-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs.
action_date: 2023-11-28
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H5933)
action_date: 2023-11-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2023-11-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-11-13
text: Introduced in House