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To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to remove geographic requirements and expand originating sites for telehealth services.

Bill: 118-hr-134
Sponsor: Rep. Buchanan, Vern [R-FL-16]
Introduced: 2023-01-09 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Computers and information technology
Health technology, devices, supplies
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-09
text: 
This bill permanently allows any site to serve as an originating site (i.e., the location of the beneficiary) for purposes of Medicare telehealth services, including a beneficiary's home.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-12-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-01-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-01-09
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: 2023-01-09
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: 2023-01-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-01-09
text: Introduced in House
No Pay Raise for Congress Act

Bill: 118-hr-135
Sponsor: Rep. Buchanan, Vern [R-FL-16]
Introduced: 2023-01-09 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Inflation and prices
Members of Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-09
text: 

No Pay Raise for Congress Act

 
This bill cancels the automatic adjustment to the pay of Members of Congress that is based on the employment cost index if the Congressional Budget Office determines that there was a federal budget deficit in the last fiscal year.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-01-09
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2023-01-09
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2023-01-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-01-09
text: Introduced in House
HELD Act

Bill: 118-hr-136
Sponsor: Rep. Calvert, Ken [R-CA-41]
Introduced: 2023-01-09 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Detention of persons
Immigration status and procedures
Law enforcement administration and funding
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-09
text: 

Help Ensure Legal Detainers Act or the HELD Act

 
This bill prohibits the use of federal funds by a state or local subdivision that has in effect a law, policy, or procedure that prevents or impedes 
 
 
 a timely response to a request by the Department of Homeland Security for information about an alien in custody, including the alien's estimated release date; or 
 
 compliance with a detainer request.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-01-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-01-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-01-09
text: Introduced in House
Justice for Victims of Kleptocracy Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-137
Sponsor: Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9]
Introduced: 2023-01-09 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Criminal justice information and records
Foreign property
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government information and archives
Government trust funds

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-09
text: 

Justice for Victims of Kleptocracy Act of 2023

 
This bill requires the Department of Justice to publish and regularly update its website with an accounting of property that is forfeited to the United States as a result of foreign government corruption. It also expresses the sense of Congress that recovered assets shall be returned for the benefit of the people harmed by the corruption.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-01-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-01-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-01-09
text: Introduced in House
Private Student Loan Bankruptcy Fairness Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-138
Sponsor: Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9]
Introduced: 2023-01-09 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Bankruptcy
Higher education
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-09
text: 

Private Student Loan Bankruptcy Fairness Act of 2023 

 
This bill modifies the treatment of certain student loans in bankruptcy.
 
Specifically, it allows private student loans to be discharged in bankruptcy regardless of whether a debtor demonstrates undue hardship. Under current law, student loans may be discharged in bankruptcy only if the loans impose an undue hardship on the debtor.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-01-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-01-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-01-09
text: Introduced in House
No Pay for Disarray Act

Bill: 118-hr-141
Sponsor: Rep. Craig, Angie [D-MN-2]
Introduced: 2023-01-09 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
House of Representatives
Legislative rules and procedure
Members of Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-09
text: 

No Pay for Disarray Act

 
This bill eliminates one day of pay for each Member of the House of Representatives for any day of a Congress during which no Speaker has been elected.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-01-09
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2023-01-09
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2023-01-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-01-09
text: Introduced in House
End Dark Money Act

Bill: 118-hr-142
Sponsor: Rep. Crow, Jason [D-CO-6]
Introduced: 2023-01-09 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of the Treasury
Executive agency funding and structure
Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
Public participation and lobbying
Tax-exempt organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-09
text: 

End Dark Money Act

 This bill repeals in FY2023 the restriction on the use of funds by the Internal Revenue Service to issue any regulation or guidance relating to the standard for determining whether certain nonprofit civic organizations are being operated exclusively for the promotion of social welfare.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-01-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2023-01-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-01-09
text: Introduced in House
To prohibit the transfer or release of individuals detained at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to the United States.

Bill: 118-hr-143
Sponsor: Rep. Duncan, Jeff [R-SC-3]
Introduced: 2023-01-09 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Caribbean area
Cuba
Defense spending
Detention of persons
Latin America
Military facilities and property
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-09
text: 
This bill prohibits the Department of Defense (DOD) from using funds to transfer or release within the United States (including its territories or possessions) any detainee (1) who is not a U.S. citizen or member of the U.S. Armed Forces; and (2) who is or was held by DOD at U.S. Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, on or after January 20, 2009.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-01-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2023-01-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-01-09
text: Introduced in House
Adjusting Davis-Bacon for Inflation Act

Bill: 118-hr-144
Sponsor: Rep. Duncan, Jeff [R-SC-3]
Introduced: 2023-01-09 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Building construction
District of Columbia
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Public contracts and procurement
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-09
text: 

Adjusting Davis-Bacon for Inflation Act

 
 This bill increases from $2,000 to $50,000 the threshold above which the prevailing wage requirements apply to federal or District of Columbia government contracts involving the construction, alteration, or repair of public buildings or public works. These requirements generally ensure that workers are paid the prevailing local wage where such projects takes place.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-01-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2023-01-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-01-09
text: Introduced in House
RUSH WAS RIGHT Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-145
Sponsor: Rep. Duncan, Jeff [R-SC-3]
Introduced: 2023-01-09 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-09
text: 

Reassuring that the United States Has Wide And Scrupulous Rhetorical Insight to Garnish Honest Thought Act of 2023 or the RUSH WAS RIGHT Act of 2023

 
This bill prohibits the Federal Communications Commission from reinstating in any manner the requirement that broadcasters present opposing viewpoints on controversial issues of public importance (commonly known as the Fairness Doctrine).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-01-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
action_date: 2023-01-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2023-01-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-01-09
text: Introduced in House
Old Glory Only Act

Bill: 118-hr-146
Sponsor: Rep. Duncan, Jeff [R-SC-3]
Introduced: 2023-01-09 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
National symbols

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-09
text: 

Old Glory Only Act

 
This bill prohibits the flying of any flag other than the U.S. flag over U.S. diplomatic and consular posts.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-01-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2023-01-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-01-09
text: Introduced in House
Teddy Roosevelt Fair Competition and Public Trust Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-147
Sponsor: Rep. Duncan, Jeff [R-SC-3]
Introduced: 2023-01-09 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Competition and antitrust
Professional sports

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-09
text: 

Teddy Roosevelt Fair Competition and Public Trust Act of 2023

 
This bill applies antitrust laws to the business of professional baseball. For purposes of this bill, the term 
antitrust laws
 means laws to protect against unlawful restraints and monopolies (Clayton Act) and to protect against unfair methods of competition (Federal Trade Commission Act).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-01-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-01-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-01-09
text: Introduced in House
JUSTICE Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-148
Sponsor: Rep. Duncan, Jeff [R-SC-3]
Introduced: 2023-01-09 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Crimes against children
Sex offenses
Trade restrictions

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-09
text: 

Jurists United to Stop Trafficking Imitation Child Exploitation Act of 2023 or the JUSTICE Act of 2023 

 
This bill broadens the federal criminal prohibition on importation or transportation of obscene materials.
 
Specifically, the bill makes it a crime to import, or knowingly use a common carrier or interactive computer service to transport, a child sex doll.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-01-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-01-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-01-09
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Our Democracy by Preventing Foreign Citizens from Voting Act

Bill: 118-hr-149
Sponsor: Rep. Duncan, Jeff [R-SC-3]
Introduced: 2023-01-09 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Immigration status and procedures
Intergovernmental relations
State and local government operations
Voting rights

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-09
text: 

Protecting Our Democracy by Preventing Foreign Citizens from Voting Act

 
This bill prohibits federal funds from being made available to state or local governments that allow noncitizens to vote in federal, state, or local elections.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-01-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability.
action_date: 2023-01-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-01-09
text: Introduced in House
Protecting American Energy Production Act

Bill: 118-hr-150
Sponsor: Rep. Duncan, Jeff [R-SC-3]
Introduced: 2023-01-09 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Congressional-executive branch relations
Mining
Oil and gas
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-09
text: 

Protecting American Energy Production Act

 
This bill prohibits the President from declaring a moratorium on the use of hydraulic fracturing unless Congress authorizes the moratorium. The bill also expresses the sense of Congress that states should maintain primacy for the regulation of hydraulic fracturing for oil and natural gas production on state and private lands.
 Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, is a process to extract underground resources such as oil or gas from a geologic formation by injecting water, a propping agent (e.g., sand), and chemical additives into a well under enough pressure to fracture the formation.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-02-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2023-01-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2023-01-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2023-01-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy, Climate and Grid Security.
action_date: 2023-01-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-01-09
text: Introduced in House
NFA SBS Act

Bill: 118-hr-151
Sponsor: Rep. Duncan, Jeff [R-SC-3]
Introduced: 2023-01-09 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-09
text: 

No Frivolous Application for Short-Barreled Shotguns Act or the NFA SBS Act

 
This bill removes certain short-barreled shotguns from the definition of 
firearms
 for purposes of the National Firearms Act. It also eliminates the prohibition on the sale or transportation of such shotguns in interstate commerce and treats persons who acquire or possess a short-barreled shotgun as meeting the registration or licensing requirements for such shotguns where such requirements are determined by reference to the National Firearms Act. 
 
The bill preempts state or local laws that impose a tax or recordkeeping requirements on short-barreled shotguns. 
 
The Department of Justice must destroy records relating to the registration of shotguns described by this bill within one year after the enactment of this bill.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-01-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2023-01-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2023-01-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-01-09
text: Introduced in House
Hearing Protection Act

Bill: 118-hr-152
Sponsor: Rep. Duncan, Jeff [R-SC-3]
Introduced: 2023-01-09 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Federal preemption
Firearms and explosives
Government information and archives
Licensing and registrations
Sales and excise taxes
State and local taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-09
text: 

Hearing Protection Act 

 
This bill removes silencers from the definition of
 firearms
 for purposes of the National Firearms Act. It also treats persons acquiring or possessing a firearm silencer as meeting any registration and licensing requirements of such Act.
 
The Department of Justice must destroy certain records relating to the registration, transfer, or making of a silencer. 
 
The bill also revises the definitions of 
firearm silencer
 and 
firearm muffler
 under the federal criminal code and includes such items in the 10% excise tax category. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-12-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-01-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2023-01-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2023-01-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-01-09
text: Introduced in House
FIRE Act

Bill: 118-hr-153
Sponsor: Rep. Fallon, Pat [R-TX-4]
Introduced: 2023-01-09 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Family relationships
Federal officials
Members of Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-09
text: 

Family Integrity to Reform Elections Act or the FIRE Act

 
This bill prohibits the use of campaign funds to compensate the immediate family member of a candidate or an individual holding federal office. It also requires disclosure of payments made to immediate family members.
 
Specifically, the bill prohibits an authorized committee of a candidate or any other political committee that is established, maintained, or controlled by a candidate or an individual holding federal office from directly or indirectly compensating the immediate family member of the candidate or individual for services provided to or on behalf of the committee. The prohibition does not apply to a political committee of a political party.
 
Next, the bill requires a political committee to report on disbursements to an immediate family member of the candidate or the individual holding federal office.
 
Finally, the bill requires any penalty for a violation of the bill to be imposed on the candidate or the individual holding federal office if the candidate or individual involved knew of the violation. Further, it prohibits the committee involved from reimbursing the candidate or individual for the penalty.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-01-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2023-01-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-01-09
text: Introduced in House
Securing our Elections Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-154
Sponsor: Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1]
Introduced: 2023-01-09 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Computers and information technology
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-09
text: 

Securing our Elections Act of 2023

 
This bill establishes certain photo identification requirements for voting in federal elections.
 
Specifically, the bill prohibits a state or local election official from providing a ballot for a federal election to an individual who does not present valid photo identification.
 
Next, the bill outlines the availability of provisional ballots and the requirements for counting those ballots. In particular, an individual who does not present a valid photo identification must be permitted to cast a provisional ballot. However, an election official may not determine that the individual is eligible under state law to vote in the election unless, not later than three days after casting the provisional ballot, the individual presents (1) the identification required, or (2) an affidavit attesting that the individual does not possess the identification because of a religious objection to being photographed.
 
An election official may not allow for voting methods other than in-person voting unless the individual submits the ballot with (1) a copy of their photo identification, or (2) the last four digits of their Social Security number with an affidavit attesting that the individual is unable to obtain a copy of a valid photo identification after making reasonable efforts to obtain a copy. This prohibition shall not apply to overseas military voters.
 
The bill also requires an election official to provide an individual with a valid photo identification without charge if that individual presents an affidavit attesting to an inability to afford or otherwise obtain a valid photo identification.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-01-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2023-01-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-01-09
text: Introduced in House
CLEAN Congress Act

Bill: 118-hr-155
Sponsor: Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1]
Introduced: 2023-01-09 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Congressional officers and employees
Legislative rules and procedure
Members of Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-09
text: 

Citizen Legislature Anti-Corruption Reform of Congress Act or the CLEAN Congress Act

 
This bill (1) requires bills, orders, resolutions, or votes submitted by Congress to the President to include only one subject that is clearly and descriptively expressed in the measure's title; and (2) makes ineffective any provision of law that excludes its application to a Member of Congress or to an employee in a Member's office.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-01-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-01-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-01-09
text: Introduced in House