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Fort Belknap Indian Community Water Rights Settlement Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-5088
Sponsor: Rep. Rosendale Sr., Matthew M. [R-MT-2]
Introduced: 2023-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Alternative dispute resolution, mediation, arbitration
Dams and canals
Department of the Interior
Economic development
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal-Indian relations
Government information and archives
Government liability
Government studies and investigations
Government trust funds
Historical and cultural resources
Hunting and fishing
Indian lands and resources rights
Indian social and development programs
Intergovernmental relations
Lakes and rivers
Land transfers
Land use and conservation
Missouri River
Montana
Outdoor recreation
State and local government operations
Water quality
Water resources funding
Water storage
Water use and supply
Watersheds

Summary:
action_date: 2023-07-28
text: 

Fort Belknap Indian Community Water Rights Settlement Act of 2023

 
This bill modifies and ratifies a specified water rights settlement agreement entered into by the United States, Montana, and the Fort Belknap Indian Community (i.e., the Gros Ventre and Assiniboine Tribes).
 
The bill requires the community's water rights to be held in trust for the benefit of the community and its allottees. The community must enact a tribal water code to regulate its water rights.
 
Additionally, the bill authorizes the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture (as applicable) to enter negotiations with Montana to exchange certain state lands for federal lands to be held in trust for the benefit of the community.
 
The bill also 
 
 
establishes the Aaniiih Nakoda Settlement Trust Fund (and specified accounts) for purposes of carrying out this bill,
 
 establishes the Fort Belknap Indian Community Water Settlement Implementation Fund (and specified accounts) for purposes of carrying out this bill, and
 
provides funding for specified accounts established by the bill.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2023-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-07-28
text: Introduced in House
Reducing Regulatory Burdens Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-5089
Sponsor: Rep. Rouzer, David [R-NC-7]
Introduced: 2023-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental regulatory procedures
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Licensing and registrations
Navigation, waterways, harbors
Pest management
State and local government operations
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2023-07-28
text: 

Reducing Regulatory Burdens Act of 2023

 
This bill modifies requirements governing the use of pesticides in or near navigable waters. Specifically, the bill prohibits the Environmental Protection Agency or states from requiring permits under the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System for discharges of pesticides into navigable waters if the pesticides are (1) registered, (2) used for their intended purposes, and (3) used in compliance with their pesticide label requirements. The bill establishes exemptions from this prohibition.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-12-16
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 722.
action_date: 2024-12-16
text: Committee on Agriculture discharged.
action_date: 2024-12-16
text: Committee on Agriculture discharged.
action_date: 2024-12-16
text: Reported by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H. Rept. 118-885, Part I.
action_date: 2024-12-16
text: Reported by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H. Rept. 118-885, Part I.
action_date: 2024-01-31
text: Ordered to be Reported.
action_date: 2024-01-31
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
action_date: 2024-01-31
text: Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment Discharged
action_date: 2023-09-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology.
action_date: 2023-07-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2023-07-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2023-07-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2023-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-07-28
text: Introduced in House
Shifting Forward Vehicle Technologies Research and Development Act

Bill: 118-hr-5090
Sponsor: Rep. Stevens, Haley M. [D-MI-11]
Introduced: 2023-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Energy

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
action_date: 2023-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-07-28
text: Introduced in House
Fairness in Vineyard Data Act

Bill: 118-hr-5091
Sponsor: Rep. Tenney, Claudia [R-NY-24]
Introduced: 2023-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Farmland
Fruit and vegetables
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2023-07-28
text: 

Fairness in Vineyard Data Act

This bill requires the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) to conduct a survey, within one year of the bill's enactment, on grape production in each state and publish the data on the NASS website. In the following four years, NASS must make publicly available on the website data from the five states with the highest grape production in the preceding year. 

 
 

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-09-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology.
action_date: 2023-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2023-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-07-28
text: Introduced in House
Energy Accountability Act

Bill: 118-hr-5092
Sponsor: Rep. Walberg, Tim [R-MI-5]
Introduced: 2023-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Air quality
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Government lending and loan guarantees

Summary:
action_date: 2023-07-28
text: 

Energy Accountability Act

 
This bill prohibits the Department of Energy (DOE) from making a loan guarantee under title XVII of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 for any entity that previously defaulted on an obligation under the title. Under that title, DOE must make loan guarantees for innovative energy technologies, such as technologies to reduce or sequester greenhouse gases.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-08-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy, Climate and Grid Security.
action_date: 2023-07-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, 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: 2023-07-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, 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: 2023-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-07-28
text: Introduced in House
PAATCH Act

Bill: 118-hr-5093
Sponsor: Rep. Waltz, Michael [R-FL-6]
Introduced: 2023-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2023-07-28
text: 

Patient Accessibility and Access To Community Healthcare Act or the PAATCH Act

 
This bill allows a hospital that was designated as a sole community hospital on or before March 13, 2020, to retain this status for a five-year period beginning on the date of the bill's enactment.
 
Sole community hospitals are rural hospitals or hospitals that are the sole source of inpatient care in a certain geographic area. Such hospitals receive specialized treatment with respect to Medicare payment, the 340B drug discount program, and other health care programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-12-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2023-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-07-28
text: Introduced in House
SNAP Staffing Flexibility Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-5094
Sponsor: Rep. Bacon, Don [R-NE-2]
Introduced: 2023-08-01 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employee hiring
Food assistance and relief
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Labor market
Natural disasters
Poverty and welfare assistance
Public contracts and procurement
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2023-08-01
text: 

SNAP Staffing Flexibility Act of 2023

This bill allows a state agency to hire a contractor to perform Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) certification or other state functions for SNAP under certain conditions.

Specifically, a state agency may hire a contractor when the state experiences an increase in SNAP applications or an inability to timely process such applications from causes that include (1) pandemics and other health emergencies, (2) seasonal workforce cycles, (3) temporary staffing shortages, and (4) weather or other natural disasters. The bill includes specific parameters for a state agency that hires a contractor based on temporary staffing shortages.

The bill requires that a contractor be part of a blended workforce (i.e., combines government employees and the employees of a for-profit or private nonprofit employer). 

Further, a state agency must notify the Department of Agriculture (USDA) of the intent to hire a contractor and provide any information or data supporting state agency increases in SNAP applications or the inability to timely process applications. USDA must make the notification and accompanying information publicly available on the USDA website.

Finally, USDA must submit an annual report to Congress that includes specific information and recommendations, including information on the measures taken by USDA to address increases in SNAP applications. 
 

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-09-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Foreign Agriculture, and Horticulture.
action_date: 2023-08-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2023-08-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-08-01
text: Introduced in House
FREEZE Act

Bill: 118-hr-5095
Sponsor: Rep. Bean, Aaron [R-FL-4]
Introduced: 2023-08-01 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
action_date: 2023-08-01
text: 

Fostering Resource Efficiency in Education by Zero Employment Act or the FREEZE Act

 
This bill prohibits the Department of Education (ED) from making a new appointment to an existing position or establishing any new positions. The bill also permanently rescinds all unobligated funds that were provided to ED for salaries and expense and are not required to cover the salary or expenses of ED's employees as of the date of the bill's enactment. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-08-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Appropriations, 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: 2023-08-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Appropriations, 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: 2023-08-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-08-01
text: Introduced in House
Healthy Poultry Assistance and Indemnification Act

Bill: 118-hr-5096
Sponsor: Rep. Blunt Rochester, Lisa [D-DE-At Large]
Introduced: 2023-08-01 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Animal and plant health
Birds
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Livestock
Meat

Summary:
action_date: 2023-08-01
text: 

Healthy Poultry Assistance and Indemnification Act

This bill expands the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) producer indemnity and compensation program to include compensation for all poultry growers and layers located in an APHIS-determined control area. 

Currently, APHIS provides indemnity and compensation to producers to remove animals classified as affected, suspect, or exposed to diseases of concern, including highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI). An APHIS-determined 
control area
 consists of both an infected zone and a buffer zone. Under the bill, APHIS must compensate all owners of poultry growing or laying facilities for flocks of birds that the facility owner was prohibited from growing or laying due to the location of the facility within a control area. This may include facilities that are located in the buffer zones and have non-infected poultry.

Further, the bill establishes a new compensation payment formula that requires payments to be based on the owner’s average income from the five most recent flocks. Under the bill, APHIS's compensation determination is final and not subject to judicial or administrative review (other than by the Secretary of Agriculture or a designee).
 

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-09-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry.
action_date: 2023-08-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2023-08-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-08-01
text: Introduced in House
Producing Real Opportunities for Technology and Entrepreneurs Investing in Nutrition Act

Bill: 118-hr-5097
Sponsor: Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26]
Introduced: 2023-08-01 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural practices and innovations
Agricultural research
Congressional oversight
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Nutrition and diet
Public-private cooperation
Research and development
State and local government operations

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-09-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry.
action_date: 2023-09-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology.
action_date: 2023-08-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2023-08-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2023-08-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-08-01
text: Introduced in House
Economic Empowerment Through Predevelopment Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-5098
Sponsor: Rep. Carter, Troy [D-LA-2]
Introduced: 2023-08-01 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Community life and organization
Economic performance and conditions
Employment and training programs
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Infrastructure development

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-08-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2023-08-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Financial 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: 2023-08-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Financial 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: 2023-08-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-08-01
text: Introduced in House
Dairy Nutrition Incentive Program Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-5099
Sponsor: Rep. Costa, Jim [D-CA-21]
Introduced: 2023-08-01 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural marketing and promotion
Congressional oversight
Food assistance and relief
Government information and archives
Nutrition and diet
Poverty and welfare assistance
Public-private cooperation
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2023-08-01
text: 

Dairy Nutrition Incentive Program Act of 2023

 
This bill directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to establish a dairy nutrition incentive program to develop and test methods to increase the purchase and consumption of dairy under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).
 
Specifically, the program must provide an incentive to SNAP benefit recipients for the purchase of naturally nutrient-rich dairy, which the bill defines to include fluid milk, yogurt, and cheese made from cow's milk. To carry out the program, USDA must enter into cooperative agreements with, or provide competitive grants to, state or local governments and nonprofit organizations for projects. The bill provides funding for the program for each fiscal year.
 
USDA must provide for an independent evaluation of each project that measures, to the maximum extent practicable, the effect of incentives on purchases of naturally nutrient-rich dairy by SNAP recipients.
 
Projects currently carried out by the USDA Healthy Fluid Milk Incentives (HFMI) program must be transitioned to the new dairy nutrition incentive program; the bill repeals the HFMI program one year after USDA certifies that the transition is complete. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-09-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry.
action_date: 2023-08-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2023-08-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-08-01
text: Introduced in House
Military FAMILY Dependents Act

Bill: 118-hr-5100
Sponsor: Rep. Crow, Jason [D-CO-6]
Introduced: 2023-08-01 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2023-08-01
text: 

Military Family’s Ability to Move In Line with Your Dependents Act or the Military FAMILY Dependents Act

This bill requires a commanding officer to determine, within five calendar days, whether to grant a request for the reassignment of certain members of the Armed Forces on the basis of the residence of a dependent child.

Specifically, commanding officers must make such determinations for members of the Armed Forces who are on active duty and are assigned to a duty station located more than 300 miles from the residence of their dependent child who is registered under the Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System.

If a commanding officer denies a reassignment request, the member may request review of such denial, and the first general officer or flag officer in the chain of command of the member must complete the review not later than two weeks after the request is made.

The bill prohibits members from being subject to any adverse action for requesting a reassignment based on the residence of a dependent child. 
 

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-08-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2023-08-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-08-01
text: Introduced in House
Agricultural Commodities Price Enhancement Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-5101
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Donald G. [D-NC-1]
Introduced: 2023-08-01 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit
Grain

Summary:
action_date: 2023-08-01
text: 

Agricultural Commodities Price Enhancement Act of 2023

This bill increases the reference prices for certain commodities under the Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) and Price Loss Coverage (PLC) programs. Specifically, the bill increases the reference prices for wheat, corn, soybeans, peanuts, and seed cotton.

The ARC and PLC programs, administered by the Farm Service Agency, offer financial assistance to eligible agricultural producers, and the reference prices are used to calculate benefits under the programs. The ARC program is an income support program that provides payments to producers when actual crop revenue declines below a specified guarantee level. The PLC program provides income support payments when the effective price for a covered commodity falls below its effective reference price. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-09-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit.
action_date: 2023-08-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2023-08-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-08-01
text: Introduced in House
ABLE MATCH (Making Able a Tool to Combat Hardship) Act

Bill: 118-hr-5102
Sponsor: Rep. Dingell, Debbie [D-MI-6]
Introduced: 2023-08-01 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2023-08-01
text: 

ABLE MATCH (Making Able a Tool to Combat Hardship) Act

 
 This bill allows beneficiaries of ABLE (Achieving a Better Life Experience) accounts a refundable tax credit to match their contributions to such accounts. The amount of such credit may not exceed $2,000. 
 
The bill also requires demographic reporting (e.g., race, gender, disability type) with respect to ABLE accounts and directs the Department of the Treasury to award grants to states for promoting such accounts and for making matching payments of contributions to such accounts.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-08-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2023-08-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-08-01
text: Introduced in House
National Dam Safety Program Reauthorization Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-5104
Sponsor: Rep. Edwards, Chuck [R-NC-11]
Introduced: 2023-08-01 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Dams and canals
Floods and storm protection
Water resources funding

Summary:
action_date: 2023-08-01
text: 

National Dam Safety Program Reauthorization Act of 2023

This bill extends through FY2028 several initiatives relating to dam safety. Specifically, the bill extends (1) the National Dam Safety Program of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); (2) the Interagency Committee on Dam Safety; (3) FEMA's National Inventory of Dams; and (4) outreach, research, training, and staff personnel related to dam safety.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-08-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2023-08-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2023-08-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2023-08-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-08-01
text: Introduced in House
Las Americas Energy Security Act

Bill: 118-hr-5105
Sponsor: Rep. Espaillat, Adriano [D-NY-13]
Introduced: 2023-08-01 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-08-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2023-08-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-08-01
text: Introduced in House