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Securing America’s Elections Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-466
Sponsor: Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-9]
Introduced: 2023-01-24 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Computer security and identity theft
Computers and information technology
Congressional elections
Congressional oversight
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Federal Election Commission (FEC)
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Public-private cooperation
Right of privacy
State and local finance
State and local government operations
Subversive activities
Technology assessment

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-24
text: 

Securing America's Elections Act of 

2023

 
This bill requires voting systems for federal elections to produce paper ballots that the voter may inspect and verify before the vote is cast and counted. The bill also (1) requires the paper ballot to be suitable for manual audits, (2) prescribes approved methods for such audits, and (3) directs the Department of Homeland Security and the Election Assistance Commission to report on the desirability of using open-source software in voting systems.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-01-24
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2023-01-24
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2023-01-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-01-24
text: Introduced in House
Building America’s Health Care Workforce Act

Bill: 118-hr-468
Sponsor: Rep. Guthrie, Brett [R-KY-2]
Introduced: 2023-01-24 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Congressional oversight
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government studies and investigations
Health personnel
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medicaid
Medicare
Nursing

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-24
text: 

Building America's Health Care Workforce Act

 
This bill extends certain flexibilities relating to training and competency requirements for nurse aides in Medicare skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) and Medicaid nursing facilities (NFs).
 
Generally, SNFs and NFs may not hire nurse aides for longer than four months unless they meet certain training and certification requirements. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services waived some of these requirements during the COVID-19 emergency period so as to allow facilities to maintain adequate staffing levels; the blanket waiver ended in June 2022, though individual facilities, states, and counties may continue to apply for waivers during the emergency period.
 
The bill extends these flexibilities for at least two years after the bill's enactment and specifies that (1) any time worked by a nurse aide during the emergency period counts toward the 75 hours required for initial training, and (2) a competency evaluation may be conducted at the SNF or NF where the nurse aide is employed if the state does not offer such an evaluation at least once a week.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-12-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2024-05-16
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 14 - 8.
action_date: 2024-05-16
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
action_date: 2023-02-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-01-24
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: 2023-01-24
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: 2023-01-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-01-24
text: Introduced in House
Asylum Abuse Reduction Act

Bill: 118-hr-469
Sponsor: Rep. Hern, Kevin [R-OK-1]
Introduced: 2023-01-24 in the House
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-24
text: 

Asylum Abuse Reduction Act

 
This bill places restrictions on non-U.S. nationals (
aliens
 under federal law) seeking asylum and contains provisions related to immigration enforcement.
 
Under this bill, an asylum seeker who arrives at a U.S. land port of entry without entry documents may not be admitted unless an asylum officer at a U.S. embassy or consulate has interviewed the individual and has concluded that the individual (1) has been persecuted in the alien's country of nationality due to their race, religion, or other characteristics; (2) has a credible fear of persecution if they returned to that country; or (3) would be tortured by the government upon return to that country. (Currently, an individual arriving at a port of entry may apply for asylum and an immigration officer there typically will conduct a credible fear interview.)
 
Furthermore, an individual who traveled through a third country to enter the United States through the southern border shall be ineligible for asylum unless (1) the individual has applied for and been denied asylum or protection in that third country, (2) the individual was a victim of severe human trafficking, or (3) the third country is not party to certain international agreements relating to refugees.
 
Each federal judicial district shall appoint at least one judge to issue arrest warrants for individuals violating orders to depart, upon a showing of probable cause.
 
Under this bill, the 
Flores
 agreement (a lawsuit settlement which imposes various requirements relating to the treatment of minors detained for immigration-related purposes) shall not apply.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-01-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-01-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-01-24
text: Introduced in House
West Coast Ocean Protection Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-470
Sponsor: Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2]
Introduced: 2023-01-24 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: California
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Mining
Oil and gas
Oregon
Pacific Ocean
Washington State

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-24
text: 

West Coast Ocean Protection Act of 2023

 
This bill prohibits the Department of the Interior from issuing a lease for the exploration, development, or production of oil or natural gas in any area of the Outer Continental Shelf off the coast of California, Oregon, or Washington.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-02-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2023-01-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2023-01-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-01-24
text: Introduced in House
Fighting Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-472
Sponsor: Rep. Joyce, David P. [R-OH-14]
Introduced: 2023-01-24 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Congressional oversight
First responders and emergency personnel
Government information and archives
Health promotion and preventive care
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
Mental health
Neurological disorders

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-24
text: 

Fighting Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Act of 2023 

 
This bill requires the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services within the Department of Justice to report on one or more proposed programs to make treatment or preventative care available to public safety officers and public safety telecommunicators for job-related post-traumatic stress disorder or acute stress disorder.
 
The report must also include draft legislative language related to each proposed program, as well as the estimated cost for administering each proposed program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-01-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-01-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-01-24
text: Introduced in House
Parris Island Protection Act

Bill: 118-hr-473
Sponsor: Rep. Mace, Nancy [R-SC-1]
Introduced: 2023-01-24 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-24
text: 

Parris Island Protection Act

 
This bill prohibits the use of federal funds to close or realign Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island in South Carolina, or to conduct any planning or other activity related to such closure or realignment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-01-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2023-01-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-01-24
text: Introduced in House
RETURN Act

Bill: 118-hr-474
Sponsor: Rep. Meuser, Daniel [R-PA-9]
Introduced: 2023-01-24 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Department of the Treasury
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-24
text: 

Require Employees To Uniformly Return Now Act or the RETURN Act

 
This bill prohibits Internal Revenue Service (IRS) employees from teleworking during the period beginning five business days after the enactment of this bill and ending on the date on which the IRS certifies that the processing backlog for income tax returns for all taxable years has been eliminated.
 
The Department of the Treasury may not obligate additional funds for the IRS until the date on which the IRS certifies that the backlog has been eliminated.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-01-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2023-01-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-01-24
text: Introduced in House
Witness Security and Protection Grant Program Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-475
Sponsor: Rep. Mfume, Kweisi [D-MD-7]
Introduced: 2023-01-24 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Evidence and witnesses
Juvenile crime and gang violence
Law enforcement administration and funding
Organized crime
Performance measurement
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-24
text: 

Witness Security and Protection Grant Program Act of 2023

 
 This bill directs the Department of Justice to award competitive matching grants to state, local, and tribal governments to establish or maintain witness protection programs in cases involving (1) a homicide, serious violent felony, or serious drug offense; or (2) gangs or organized crime.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-01-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-01-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-01-24
text: Introduced in House
Helping HANDS for Families Act

Bill: 118-hr-476
Sponsor: Rep. Miller, Carol D. [R-WV-1]
Introduced: 2023-01-24 in the House
Policy area: Families
Subjects: Computers and information technology
Family services

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-24
text: 

Helping Households And Neighbors Distribute Services for Families Act or the Helping HANDS for Families Act

 
This bill allows states and tribes to use funds to provide an online portal to facilitate the provision of community support for families and children under the MaryLee Allen Promoting Safe and Stable Families grant program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-12-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Work and Welfare.
action_date: 2023-01-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2023-01-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-01-24
text: Introduced in House
Community Mentors for Moms Act

Bill: 118-hr-477
Sponsor: Rep. Miller, Carol D. [R-WV-1]
Introduced: 2023-01-24 in the House
Policy area: Families
Subjects: Child care and development
Child health
Community life and organization
Congressional oversight
Family planning and birth control
Family services
Government studies and investigations
Mental health
Performance measurement
Sex and reproductive health
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-24
text: 

Community Mentors for Moms Act

 
This bill requires the Health Resources & Services Administration to make grants for demonstration projects that provide community-based maternal mentoring, which may include dedicated individual mentors and networks of peer and community support groups.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-02-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-01-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2023-01-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-01-24
text: Introduced in House
WFCA Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-478
Sponsor: Rep. Miller, Carol D. [R-WV-1]
Introduced: 2023-01-24 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-24
text: 

Working Families Childcare Access Act of 2023 or the WFCA Act of 2023

 
This bill includes certain additional expenses in a dependent care flexible spending arrangement (FSA), specifically qualified sports, tutoring, and music or art expenses. It also increases the eligibility age for dependent care benefits to 15, allows a carry forward of unused benefits to the next plan year, and increases to $15,000 the maximum amount of dependent care benefits excludible from employee gross income.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-12-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Work and Welfare.
action_date: 2023-01-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2023-01-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-01-24
text: Introduced in House
Targeting Child Care Funds Based on Poverty Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-479
Sponsor: Rep. Miller, Carol D. [R-WV-1]
Introduced: 2023-01-24 in the House
Policy area: Families
Subjects: Child safety and welfare
Family services
Intergovernmental relations

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-24
text: 

Targeting Child Care Funds Based on Poverty Act of 202

3

 
This bill allocates certain funding for child care to states based on the state's share of children in poverty who are under 13 years of age.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-12-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Work and Welfare.
action_date: 2023-01-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2023-01-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-01-24
text: Introduced in House
Wildfire Recovery Act

Bill: 118-hr-480
Sponsor: Rep. Neguse, Joe [D-CO-2]
Introduced: 2023-01-24 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Disaster relief and insurance
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
Fires
Forests, forestry, trees
Natural disasters
State and local finance
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-24
text: 

Wildfire Recovery Act

 
This bill makes changes with respect to the federal cost share for Fire Management Assistance Grants and provides that the federal share shall be not less than 75% of the eligible cost.
 
Specifically, the bill directs the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to conduct and complete a rulemaking to provide criteria for the circumstances under which FEMA may recommend that the President increase the federal cost share. Such criteria shall include a threshold metric that assesses the financial impact to a state or local government from responding to a fire for which fire management assistance is being provided.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-02-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2023-01-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2023-01-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-01-24
text: Introduced in House
Wildfire Smoke Relief Act

Bill: 118-hr-481
Sponsor: Rep. Neguse, Joe [D-CO-2]
Introduced: 2023-01-24 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-24
text: 

Wildfire Smoke Relief Act

 
This bill provides for assistance for the purchase of smoke inhalation prevention equipment to specified individuals at risk of wildfire smoke-related illness.
 
The President, in carrying out the Transitional Sheltering Assistance Program of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), shall provide (1) assistance to a state or local government, local public health authority, or a coordinated care organization to purchase and provide such equipment to at-risk individuals; and (2) cost-efficient transitional shelter assistance to at-risk individuals in any case in which such equipment is insufficient to mitigate the risk of illness.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-02-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2023-01-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2023-01-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-01-24
text: Introduced in House
District of Columbia Courts Judicial Vacancy Reduction Act

Bill: 118-hr-483
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2023-01-24 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Congressional oversight
District of Columbia
Judges
Legislative rules and procedure
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
State and local courts

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-24
text: 

District of Columbia Courts Judicial Vacancy Reduction Act

 
This bill allows District of Columbia judicial nominees to be appointed after a 30-day congressional review period without the advice and consent of the Senate, unless a joint resolution of disapproval is enacted into law during that period.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-01-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability, 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: 2023-01-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability, 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: 2023-01-24
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E49)
action_date: 2023-01-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-01-24
text: Introduced in House
Natural Gas Tax Repeal Act

Bill: 118-hr-484
Sponsor: Rep. Pfluger, August [R-TX-11]
Introduced: 2023-01-24 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Air quality
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental regulatory procedures
Oil and gas

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-24
text: 

Natural Gas Tax Repeal Act

 
This bill eliminates a program administered by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that provides incentives for petroleum and natural gas systems to reduce their emissions of methane and other greenhouse gases. It also repeals a charge on methane emissions from specific types of facilities that are required to report their greenhouse gas emissions to the EPA's Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reporting Program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-01-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy, Climate and Grid Security.
action_date: 2023-01-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2023-01-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-01-24
text: Introduced in House
To prohibit the government of the District of Columbia from using Federal funds to allow individuals who are not citizens of the United States to vote in any election, and for other purposes.

Bill: 118-hr-486
Sponsor: Rep. Roy, Chip [R-TX-21]
Introduced: 2023-01-24 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: District of Columbia
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Immigration status and procedures
Intergovernmental relations
State and local government operations
Voting rights

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-24
text: 
This bill prohibits the use of federal funds to allow an individual who is not a U.S. citizen to vote in any election in the District of Columbia (DC). Further, DC must certify that it does not allow noncitizens to vote in elections as a condition of receiving any federal funds.
 
Federal law bars noncitizens from voting in federal elections; however, the DC Council passed a bill on October 18, 2022, that allows noncitizens who meet residency and other requirements to vote in local elections.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-01-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability.
action_date: 2023-01-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-01-24
text: Introduced in House
Ensuring American Voters Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-487
Sponsor: Rep. Self, Keith [R-TX-3]
Introduced: 2023-01-24 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Citizenship and naturalization
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Government information and archives
Immigration status and procedures
State and local government operations
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-24
text: 

Ensuring American Voters Act of 

2023

 
This bill prohibits states from registering an individual to vote in federal elections unless the individual provides documentary proof of U.S. citizenship.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-01-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2023-01-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-01-24
text: Introduced in House
SNOOP Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-488
Sponsor: Rep. Steel, Michelle [R-CA-45]
Introduced: 2023-01-24 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Small business
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-24
text: 

Stop the Nosy Obsession with Online Payments Act of 2023 or the SNOOP Act of 2023

 
This bill modifies requirements for third party settlement organizations to eliminate their reporting requirement with respect to the transactions of their participating payees unless they have earned more than $20,000 on more than 200 separate transactions in an applicable tax period. A 
third party settlement organization
 is the central organization that has the contractual obligation to make payments to participating payees (generally, a merchant or business) in a third party payment network.
 
This reverses a provision in the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 that lowered the reporting threshold to $600 with no minimum on the number of transactions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-01-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2023-01-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-01-24
text: Introduced in House