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Lake Tahoe Restoration Reauthorization Act

Bill: 118-hr-1274
Sponsor: Rep. Amodei, Mark E. [R-NV-2]
Introduced: 2023-03-01 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: California
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Fires
Forests, forestry, trees
Lakes and rivers
Nevada
Water quality
Water resources funding
Watersheds

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-01
text: 

Lake Tahoe Restoration Reauthorization Act

 
This bill reauthorizes through September 30, 2034, activities to restore Lake Tahoe and its surrounding basin. Lake Tahoe is a large freshwater lake on the border of California and Nevada.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-04-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Forestry.
action_date: 2023-03-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2023-03-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2023-03-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and 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: 2023-03-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and 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: 2023-03-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and 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: 2023-03-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-03-01
text: Introduced in House
To prohibit the use of Federal funds to carry out Executive Order 14091.

Bill: 118-hr-1275
Sponsor: Rep. Banks, Jim [R-IN-3]
Introduced: 2023-03-01 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-01
text: 
This bill prohibits the use of federal funds to carry out Executive Order 14091 (relating to advancing racial equity and support for underserved communities through the federal government).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability.
action_date: 2023-03-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-03-01
text: Introduced in House
Military Spouse Hiring Act

Bill: 118-hr-1277
Sponsor: Rep. Beyer, Donald S., Jr. [D-VA-8]
Introduced: 2023-03-01 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-01
text: 

Military Spouse Hiring Act 

 
This bill expands the Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) to include the hiring of a qualified military spouse. (The WOTC permits employers who hire individuals who are members of a targeted group such as qualified veterans, ex-felons, or long-term unemployment recipients to claim a tax credit equal to a portion of the wages paid to those individuals.) 
 
A 
qualified military spouse
 is any individual who is certified by the designated local agency as being (as of the hiring date) a spouse of a member of the Armed Forces.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2023-03-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-03-01
text: Introduced in House
DRIVE Act

Bill: 118-hr-1278
Sponsor: Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26]
Introduced: 2023-03-01 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Transportation costs
Veterans' medical care
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-01
text: 

Driver Reimbursement Increase for Veteran Equity Act or the DRIVE Act

 
This bill increases the mileage reimbursement rate available to beneficiaries for travel to or from Department of Veterans Affairs facilities in connection with vocational rehabilitation, required counseling, or for the purpose of examination, treatment, or care. Specifically, the bill makes the reimbursement rate for such travel equal to or greater than the mileage reimbursement rate for government employees using private vehicles when no government vehicle is available.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-18
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
action_date: 2023-07-18
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2023-06-21
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held
action_date: 2023-03-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-03-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2023-03-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-03-01
text: Introduced in House
Sunshine Protection Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-1279
Sponsor: Rep. Buchanan, Vern [R-FL-16]
Introduced: 2023-03-01 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: State and local government operations
Time and calendar

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-01
text: 

Sunshine Protection Act of 2023

 
This bill makes daylight saving time the new, permanent standard time.
 
States with areas exempt from daylight saving time may choose the standard time for those areas.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-11-14
text: Motion to Discharge Committee filed by Mr. Steube. Petition No: 118-19. (<a href="https://clerk.house.gov/DischargePetition/2024111419?Page=2&CongressNum=118">Discharge petition</a> text with signatures.)
action_date: 2023-03-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Innovation, Data, and Commerce.
action_date: 2023-03-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2023-03-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-03-01
text: Introduced in House
Cerebral Palsy Research Program Authorization Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-1280
Sponsor: Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9]
Introduced: 2023-03-01 in the House
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-01
text: 

Cerebral Palsy Research Program Authorization Act of 2023

 
This bill requires the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to carry out a research program that addresses diagnosis and treatment, public health surveillance, and other aspects of cerebral palsy (a group of disorders caused by abnormal brain development or brain damage that affects an individual's ability to move and maintain balance and posture).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-03-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2023-03-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-03-01
text: Introduced in House
Housing Accountability Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-1281
Sponsor: Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9]
Introduced: 2023-03-01 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Building construction
Civil actions and liability
Congressional oversight
Housing and community development funding
Housing industry and standards
Low- and moderate-income housing
Public contracts and procurement
Public housing

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-01
text: 

Housing Accountability Act of 

2023

 
This bill provides statutory authority for the requirement that a property owner receiving low-income housing assistance payments for an existing public housing unit must maintain decent, safe, and sanitary conditions for the housing structure.
 
The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) must survey tenants of these structures semiannually to identify problems with the structures or with management. A structure must be referred to HUD for remediation if consistent or persistent problems are identified. HUD may impose penalties on an owner of a structure that violates this bill.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2023-03-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-03-01
text: Introduced in House
Major Richard Star Act

Bill: 118-hr-1282
Sponsor: Rep. Bilirakis, Gus M. [R-FL-12]
Introduced: 2023-03-01 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Disability and paralysis
Military personnel and dependents
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-01
text: 

Major Richard Star Act

 
This bill provides that combat-disabled uniformed services retirees with fewer than 20 years of creditable service may concurrently receive, without reduction, veterans' disability compensation and retired pay or combat-related special compensation.

action_date: 2023-07-18
text: 

Major Richard Star Act

 
This bill provides that combat-disabled uniformed services retirees with fewer than 20 years of creditable service may concurrently receive, without reduction, veterans' disability compensation and retired pay or combat-related special compensation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-18
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 117.
action_date: 2023-07-18
text: Committee on Veterans' Affairs discharged.
action_date: 2023-07-18
text: Committee on Veterans' Affairs discharged.
action_date: 2023-07-18
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Armed Services. H. Rept. 118-149, Part I.
action_date: 2023-07-18
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Armed Services. H. Rept. 118-149, Part I.
action_date: 2023-06-21
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
action_date: 2023-06-21
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2023-05-31
text: Motion to place bill on Consensus Calendar filed by Mr. Bilirakis.
action_date: 2023-03-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2023-03-01
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: 2023-03-01
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: 2023-03-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-03-01
text: Introduced in House
CLEAN Checks Act

Bill: 118-hr-1283
Sponsor: Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9]
Introduced: 2023-03-01 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-01
text: 

Curb Leaders from Electioneering with Autographs on National Checks Act or as the CLEAN Checks Act

 
This bill prohibits certain names and likenesses on federal government checks.
 
Specifically, any check issued by the federal government may not be signed by, or otherwise bear the name, signature, image, or likeness of, the President, the Vice President, any elected official or cabinet level officer of the United States, or any person who is a relative of such individual.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability.
action_date: 2023-03-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-03-01
text: Introduced in House
CEO Accountability and Responsibility Act

Bill: 118-hr-1284
Sponsor: Rep. DeSaulnier, Mark [D-CA-10]
Introduced: 2023-03-01 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-01
text: 

CEO Accountability and Responsibility Act

 
 This bill increases the corporate income tax rate for publicly traded corporations that pay their chief executive officers or highest paid employees more than 100 times the median compensation of all their U.S. employees or that increase the number of contracted or foreign employees.
 
The bill also requires an executive agency, in the evaluation of bids or proposals for federal contracts, to give preference to a bidder that has a compensation ratio of highly paid to all employees of less than 50 to 1 in the previous calendar year.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability, 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: 2023-03-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability, 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: 2023-03-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-03-01
text: Introduced in House
Immigration Authorization Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-1285
Sponsor: Rep. Donalds, Byron [R-FL-19]
Introduced: 2023-03-01 in the House
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-01
text: 

Immigration Authorization Act of 2023

 
This bill requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to identify in a report existing DHS immigration programs and components that are not explicitly authorized by a statutory provision to be carried out for FY2024.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-03-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-03-01
text: Introduced in House
Lone Star Reimbursement Act

Bill: 118-hr-1286
Sponsor: Rep. Fallon, Pat [R-TX-4]
Introduced: 2023-03-01 in the House
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-01
text: 

Lone Star Reimbursement Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Defense and the Department of Homeland Security to each provide $2.2 billion to the state of Texas as reimbursement for the costs of Operation Lone Star incurred in FY2022 and FY2023.
 
(Operation Lone Star is a border security operation initiated and carried out by the state of Texas.) 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Accountability.
action_date: 2023-03-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, and the Judiciary, 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: 2023-03-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, and the Judiciary, 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: 2023-03-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, and the Judiciary, 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: 2023-03-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-03-01
text: Introduced in House
Cattle Price Discovery and Transparency Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-1287
Sponsor: Rep. Feenstra, Randy [R-IA-4]
Introduced: 2023-03-01 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural marketing and promotion
Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit
Civil actions and liability
Contracts and agency
Food industry and services
Government information and archives
Livestock
Mammals
Meat

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-01
text: 

Cattle Price Discovery and Transparency Act of 2023

 
This bill requires the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to take various actions to address transparency in contract terms and pricing in the cattle industry. 
 
Among these requirements, USDA must maintain a publicly available library or catalog of contracts entered into between meat packers and livestock producers for the purchase of cattle, including any schedules of premiums or discounts associated with the contracts and other specific details. USDA must make this information available to producers and other interested parties in a monthly report. 
 
The bill further requires USDA to establish five to seven regions encompassing the entire continental United States that reasonably reflect similar fed cattle purchase practices for processing plants and establish mandatory minimums for each region (i.e., the minimum percentage of cattle purchases that are required to be made through approved pricing mechanisms from producers that are not packers).
 
Under the bill, 
approved pricing mechanisms 
are generally purchases of fed cattle made through a negotiated purchase, through a negotiated grid purchase, at a stockyard, or through trading systems or platforms where multiple buyers and sellers can regularly make and accept bids and offers. 
 
The bill also establishes a maximum penalty for mandatory minimum violations by covered packers. Under the bill, a 
covered packer
 is a packer that has slaughtered an average of 5% or more of the number of fed cattle slaughtered nationally during the immediately preceding five calendar years.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-04-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry.
action_date: 2023-03-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2023-03-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-03-01
text: Introduced in House
Holding Countries Accountable for Negligent Chemical and Biological Programs Act

Bill: 118-hr-1288
Sponsor: Rep. Feenstra, Randy [R-IA-4]
Introduced: 2023-03-01 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-01
text: 

Holding Countries Accountable for Negligent Chemical and Biological Programs Act

 
This bill authorizes initial, intermediate, and final sanctions against countries that act grossly negligent (i.e., knew or should have known that an act or acts would harm another foreign state) with respect to a chemical or biological weapons program.
 
If the President determines that a country acted with gross negligence, the President must impose the initial sanctions (e.g., suspending scientific cooperative programs and restricting U.S. government contracting with entities operating in chemical or biological sectors of a sanctioned country) within 30 days.
 
Within 120 days of making the determination of gross negligence, the President must determine whether the country has taken adequate steps to redress its sanctionable conduct. If the country has not taken adequate steps, the President must impose intermediate sanctions (e.g., terminating most foreign aid and prohibiting arms transactions).
 
Within 210 days of making the determination of gross negligence, the President must again determine whether the country has taken adequate steps to redress its sanctionable conduct. If the country has not taken adequate steps, the President must impose final sanctions (e.g., prohibiting certain transactions in foreign exchange or transfers of credit or payment).
 
The sanctions may be removed 12 months after the initial sanctions were imposed if the President certifies a country adequately redressed the sanctionable conduct. The bill also authorizes waivers of the sanctions, subject to certain restrictions.
 
Furthermore, the President must determine and report to Congress about whether China meets the criteria for gross negligence with respect to its chemical or biological weapons program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, and Oversight and Accountability, 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: 2023-03-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, and Oversight and Accountability, 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: 2023-03-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, and Oversight and Accountability, 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: 2023-03-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-03-01
text: Introduced in House
Dollar-for-Dollar Deficit Reduction Act

Bill: 118-hr-1289
Sponsor: Rep. Feenstra, Randy [R-IA-4]
Introduced: 2023-03-01 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-01
text: 

Dollar-for-Dollar Deficit Reduction Act

 
The bill establishes a framework to require legislation that increases or suspends the public debt limit to include spending reductions that are equal to or greater than the projected increase in debt that will occur under the legislation. The bill allows the spending reductions to be phased in over the period that includes the current and next 10 fiscal years. 
 
Specifically, the bill requires the Department of the Treasury to notify the House Ways and Means Committee and the Senate Finance Committee when it determines that the federal government will reach the debt limit within 60 days without the implementation of extraordinary measures. The notification must also indicate when extraordinary measures may be necessary to prolong the funding of the federal government in the absence of a debt limit increase.
 
In addition, the bill requires any formal presidential request to increase the debt limit to include (1) the amount of the proposed increase, and (2) proposed legislation to reduce spending by an amount that is equal to or greater than the amount of the requested increase. 
 
Finally, the bill establishes budget points of order that may be raised in the House of Representative and the Senate against legislation that increases or suspends the debt limit and does not contain net spending reductions that are equal to or greater than the increase in the debt that will occur under the legislation. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Rules, and the Budget, 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: 2023-03-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Rules, and the Budget, 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: 2023-03-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Rules, and the Budget, 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: 2023-03-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-03-01
text: Introduced in House