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Executive Branch Accountability and Transparency Act

Bill: 118-hr-3642
Sponsor: Rep. Langworthy, Nicholas A. [R-NY-23]
Introduced: 2023-05-24 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Computers and information technology
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government information and archives
Internet, web applications, social media
Office of Government Ethics

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-09-18
text: Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 36 - 0.
action_date: 2024-09-18
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
action_date: 2023-05-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability.
action_date: 2023-05-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-05-24
text: Introduced in House
Veterans Right to Expediency Act

Bill: 118-hr-3643
Sponsor: Rep. Latta, Robert E. [R-OH-5]
Introduced: 2023-05-24 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Government information and archives
Postal service
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2023-05-24
text: 

Veterans Right to Expediency Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to deliver notice of the denial of claims for VA benefits by certified mail.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2023-05-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2023-05-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-05-24
text: Introduced in House
ACT for Veterans Act

Bill: 118-hr-3644
Sponsor: Rep. Latta, Robert E. [R-OH-5]
Introduced: 2023-05-24 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health care coverage and access
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2023-05-24
text: 

Addressing Care Timelines for Veterans Act or the ACT for Veterans Act

This bill modifies the Veterans Community Care Program to extend the authorization period for emergency treatment furnished by non-Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) health care providers. Specifically, the bill authorizes the VA to deem as authorized emergency treatment provided to a covered veteran by a non-VA health care provider if such veteran or provider submits notification within 96 hours (currently 72 hours under VA regulations) of such emergency treatment. Covered veterans are those who are enrolled in the VA health care system or those who are not enrolled but are eligible for care due to a service-connected disability.
 

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-04-16
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2024-04-16
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
action_date: 2024-03-21
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held
action_date: 2023-06-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-05-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2023-05-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-05-24
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish emergency grants to safeguard essential health care workers, and for other purposes.

Bill: 118-hr-3645
Sponsor: Rep. Lee, Summer L. [D-PA-12]
Introduced: 2023-05-24 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2023-05-24
text: 
This bill authorizes the Department of Health and Human Services to award grants to public or private nonprofit health care facilities and home health agencies for hazardous pay for essential health care workers during declared emergencies or disasters.

Health care workers may receive up to $13 per hour (up to $25,000 per year) in hazardous pay. Grants may also be used to provide other safety and supportive services for health care workers, such as personal protective equipment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-05-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-05-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2023-05-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-05-24
text: Introduced in House
AIR Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-3647
Sponsor: Rep. Molinaro, Marcus J. [R-NY-19]
Introduced: 2023-05-24 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Education of the disadvantaged
Higher education
State and local government operations
Transportation employees
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2023-05-24
text: 

Aviation Investment and Recruitment Act of 2023 or the AIR Act of 2023

 
This bill reauthorizes through FY2028 aviation workforce development programs for pilots and mechanics.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-05-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2023-05-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2023-05-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-05-24
text: Introduced in House
CALL Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-3648
Sponsor: Rep. Moulton, Seth [D-MA-6]
Introduced: 2023-05-24 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
action_date: 2023-05-24
text: 

Create Accountability and Liability Against Lifeline Attacks Act of 2023 or the CALL Act of 2023

This bill establishes a new criminal offense for intentionally impeding the 9-8-8 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline (including the Veterans Crisis Line).

Specifically, the bill prohibits an individual from making a wire communication or an electronic communication to the lifeline with the intent to impede the provision of services through or the operation of the lifeline. A violator is subject to criminal penalties—a fine, a prison term of up to six months, or both.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-05-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-05-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-05-24
text: Introduced in House
Veterans National Traumatic Brain Injury Treatment Act

Bill: 118-hr-3649
Sponsor: Rep. Murphy, Gregory F. [R-NC-3]
Introduced: 2023-05-24 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Alternative treatments
Neurological disorders
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2023-05-24
text: 

Veterans National Traumatic Brain Injury Treatment Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to implement a five-year pilot program to furnish, under the Veterans Community Care Program, hyperbaric oxygen therapy to veterans with traumatic brain injuries or post-traumatic stress disorder.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-04-16
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2024-04-16
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
action_date: 2024-03-21
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held
action_date: 2023-06-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-05-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2023-05-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-05-24
text: Introduced in House
Opportunities in Organic Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-3650
Sponsor: Rep. Panetta, Jimmy [D-CA-19]
Introduced: 2023-05-24 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural conservation and pollution
Agricultural education
Agricultural practices and innovations
Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit
Business records
Employment and training programs
Farmland
Food industry and services
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Intergovernmental relations
Minority and disadvantaged businesses
Public-private cooperation
Rural conditions and development
Soil pollution
State and local government operations

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-01-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology.
action_date: 2024-01-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Foreign Agriculture, and Horticulture.
action_date: 2023-05-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2023-05-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-05-24
text: Introduced in House
Love Lives On Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-3651
Sponsor: Rep. Phillips, Dean [D-MN-3]
Introduced: 2023-05-24 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Family relationships
Marriage and family status
Retail and wholesale trades
Student aid and college costs
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2023-05-24
text: 

Love Lives On Act of 2023

 
This bill extends entitlement for various benefit programs and services for surviving spouses of deceased members of the Armed Forces or veterans.
 
First, the bill removes the expiration on a surviving spouses' entitlement to educational assistance through the Marine Gunnery Sergeant John David Fry Scholarship (Fry Scholarship). 
 
The bill also provides that the remarriage of a surviving spouse must not bar the furnishing of dependency and indemnity compensation to such spouse.
 
Next, the Department of Defense may not terminate the payment of an annuity for a surviving spouse under the Survivor Benefit Plan solely because the surviving spouse remarries.
 
Additionally, the bill provides commissary store and MWR retail facility (e.g., exchange store) access to surviving spouses regardless of the martial status of the spouse. Such spouses must be entitled to use such stores and facilities to the same extent and on the same basis as surviving spouses who did not remarry. 
 
The bill expands the definition of a dependent under TRICARE to include a remarried widow or widower whose subsequent marriage has ended due to death, divorce, or annulment.
 
Finally, the bill modifies the definition of a surviving spouse for purposes of veterans benefits to include same sex marriages.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-04-16
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2024-04-16
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
action_date: 2024-04-10
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held
action_date: 2023-06-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2023-05-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2023-05-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2023-05-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-05-24
text: Introduced in House
Fair Courts Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-3652
Sponsor: Rep. Ross, Deborah K. [D-NC-2]
Introduced: 2023-05-24 in the House
Policy area: Law

Summary:
action_date: 2023-05-24
text: 

Fair Courts Act of 2023 

 
This bill prohibits a federal court from granting a form of relief that has nationwide applicability unless the case is heard and determined by a panel of three district court judges. This relief includes granting an injunction that restrains the federal government or federal officers, an order that vacates a federal regulation, or a stay of any such relief. 
 
The bill also requires a district court to ensure that a case does not have greater than a 25% chance to be assigned to particular judge. The chief judge of the circuit is allowed to assign judges from adjacent districts to other districts that do not have enough judges to comply. 
 
District courts must also publish orders regarding the division of business among judges. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-05-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-05-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-05-24
text: Introduced in House
UNITED Act

Bill: 118-hr-3653
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Adrian [R-NE-3]
Introduced: 2023-05-24 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance

Summary:
action_date: 2023-05-24
text: 

Undertaking Negotiations on Investment and Trade for Economic Dynamism Act or the UNITED Act

 
This bill grants certain authorities to the President for entering into a comprehensive trade agreement between the United States and the United Kingdom (UK).
 
Specifically, the bill directs the President to seek to initiate negotiations with the UK regarding tariff and nontariff barriers affecting any industry, product, or service sector.
 
The bill authorizes the President to enter into a comprehensive trade agreement with the UK, with such authority expiring on March 1, 2025. Further, the President may proclaim a modification or continuance of any existing duty or continuance of existing excise or duty-free treatment to carry out an agreement, with certain limitations.
 
The bill also requires the President to consult with and notify Congress regarding the intention of the President to enter into an agreement or make a proclamation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-12-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2023-05-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2023-05-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2023-05-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-05-24
text: Introduced in House
Transnational Repression Policy Act

Bill: 118-hr-3654
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4]
Introduced: 2023-05-24 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2023-05-24
text: 

Transnational Repression Policy Act

 
This bill seeks to reduce transnational repression (the actions of foreign governments to intimidate, silence, or harm members of diaspora and exile communities to prevent them from exercising their human rights). 
 
This bill requires the President to impose property- and visa-blocking sanctions on certain foreign persons (individuals and entities) that directly engage in transnational repression. 
 
This bill also requires the Department of State to develop a strategy to promote initiatives that (1) enhance international awareness of transnational repression; (2) address transnational repression, including by raising the costs of perpetrating repressive activities and by protecting targeted individuals and groups; and (3) conduct outreach to those targeted by foreign governments. 
 
Additionally, the State Department and the Department of Justice must provide training to certain individuals (e.g., relevant federal employees and law enforcement partners) on specified aspects of transnational repression. 
 
The bill also directs the intelligence community to prioritize, to the extent feasible, the identification of those perpetrating transnational repression against communities in the United States. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-05-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Intelligence (Permanent Select), 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: 2023-05-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Intelligence (Permanent Select), 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: 2023-05-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Intelligence (Permanent Select), 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: 2023-05-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-05-24
text: Introduced in House
Preventing Our Next Natural Disaster Act

Bill: 118-hr-3655
Sponsor: Rep. Swalwell, Eric [D-CA-14]
Introduced: 2023-05-24 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Air quality
Building construction
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Community life and organization
Disaster relief and insurance
Emergency planning and evacuation
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
Government lending and loan guarantees
Government studies and investigations
Intergovernmental relations
Natural disasters
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons

Summary:
action_date: 2023-05-24
text: 

Preventing Our Next Natural Disaster Act

 
This bill modifies the pre-disaster mitigation grant program of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
 
Specifically, the bill
 
 
increases FEMA's set-aside for pre-disaster mitigation assistance from 6% to 15% of certain grant amounts;
 
provides for a 2% set-aside for community planning and capacity building assistance; and 
 
authorizes FEMA to develop guidance regarding how to incorporate climate change into the National Risk Index, cost-benefit analyses, and improved codes, specifications, and standards to address natural hazards.
 
 
FEMA must
 
 
prioritize applicants for assistance with the highest hazard risk in coordination with FEMA's National Risk Index, environmental justice communities, and low-income communities (current law covers the latter though this bill modifies the number of individuals in such communities);
 
provide community outreach; and 
 
establish a central federal database to consolidate funding data collected by all local, state, and federal agencies involved in post-disaster response and pre-disaster mitigation spending and categorize the data by type of project, funding source, and hazard types using a user-friendly database and interactive map.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-05-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2023-05-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2023-05-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-05-24
text: Introduced in House
Wild Horse and Burro Protection Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-3656
Sponsor: Rep. Titus, Dina [D-NV-1]
Introduced: 2023-05-24 in the House
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Animal protection and human-animal relationships
Aviation and airports
Government studies and investigations
Mammals
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2023-05-24
text: 

Wild Horse and Burro Protection Act of 2023

 
This bill prohibits the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) from using or contracting for the use of helicopters or fixed-wing aircraft for gathering horses and burros under the Wild Free-roaming Horses and Burros Act. Further, BLM may not make contracts to use helicopters for transporting captured animals under such act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2023-05-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2023-05-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-05-24
text: Introduced in House
RTCP Revitalization Act

Bill: 118-hr-3657
Sponsor: Rep. Tokuda, Jill N. [D-HI-2]
Introduced: 2023-05-24 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit
Rural conditions and development
Transportation costs

Summary:
action_date: 2023-05-24
text: 

RTCP Revitalization Act

 
 This bill amends the Department of Agriculture (USDA) Reimbursement Transportation Cost Payment Program (RTCP) to provide specified funds for the RTCP through FY2029 and each fiscal year thereafter. The RTCP provides reimbursement payments for geographically disadvantaged farmers and ranchers (e.g., those in Hawaii and Alaska) for a portion of the cost to transport agricultural commodities or inputs used to produce an agricultural commodity.
 
The bill also removes a $15 million payment cap for any given fiscal year. Further, USDA may not impose a limitation on the amount of producer payments for any fiscal year that the program funds are equal to or exceed demand.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit.
action_date: 2023-05-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2023-05-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-05-24
text: Introduced in House
Joint Task Force to Combat Opioid Trafficking Act

Bill: 118-hr-3658
Sponsor: Rep. Vasquez, Gabe [D-NM-2]
Introduced: 2023-05-24 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Congressional oversight
Department of Homeland Security
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Executive agency funding and structure
Intergovernmental relations
Public-private cooperation

Summary:
action_date: 2023-05-24
text: 

Joint Task Force to Combat Opioid Trafficking Act

 
This bill authorizes the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to establish a joint task force to enhance border security operations to disrupt and prevent narcotics from entering the United States. 
 
DHS must report to Congress as to whether it will establish such a task force. If such a task force is established, DHS must periodically report to Congress on issues such as what additional resources are needed to detect and prevent narcotics from entering the United States.
 
The bill also authorizes DHS joint task forces to engage with and receive assistance from outside DHS, including private sector organizations and federal, state, local, tribal, territorial, or international entities. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-05-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Border Security and Enforcement.
action_date: 2023-05-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
action_date: 2023-05-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-05-24
text: Introduced in House
EQUIP Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-3659
Sponsor: Rep. Bonamici, Suzanne [D-OR-1]
Introduced: 2023-05-25 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Family planning and birth control
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2023-05-25
text: 

Enhancing Questions to Understand Intentions for Pregnancy Act of 2023 or the EQUIP Act of 2023

 
This bill requires the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to provide eligible health organizations with demonstration program grants to implement routine screenings about people's pregnancy intentions in order to provide better contraceptive and prepregnancy care.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-05-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-05-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2023-05-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-05-25
text: Introduced in House