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Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act

Bill: 118-hr-705
Sponsor: Rep. Bost, Mike [R-IL-12]
Introduced: 2023-02-01 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Criminal justice information and records
Firearms and explosives
Government information and archives
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-01
text: 

Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act

 
This bill prohibits the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) from transmitting certain information to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) utilized by licensed importers or dealers of firearms. 
 
Specifically, the bill prohibits the VA from transmitting personally identifying information of a veteran or a beneficiary to the NICS solely on the basis that such veteran or beneficiary has an appointed fiduciary to manage their benefits, unless there is an order or finding of a judicial authority that such veteran or beneficiary is a danger to themselves or others.

action_date: 2024-09-16
text: 

Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act

 
This bill prohibits the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) from transmitting certain information to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) utilized by licensed importers or dealers of firearms. 
 
Specifically, the bill prohibits the VA from transmitting personally identifying information of a veteran or a beneficiary to the NICS solely on the basis that such veteran or beneficiary has an appointed fiduciary to manage their benefits, unless there is an order or finding of a judicial authority that such veteran or beneficiary is a danger to themselves or others.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-09-16
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 573.
action_date: 2024-09-16
text: Reported by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 118-677.
action_date: 2024-09-16
text: Reported by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 118-677.
action_date: 2024-05-01
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 13 - 10.
action_date: 2024-05-01
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
action_date: 2023-07-19
text: Committee Hearings Held
action_date: 2023-02-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2023-02-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-02-01
text: Introduced in House
SNAP Access for Medically Vulnerable Children Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-706
Sponsor: Rep. Brown, Shontel M. [D-OH-11]
Introduced: 2023-02-01 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-01
text: 

SNAP Access for Medically Vulnerable Children Act of 2023

 
This bill expands benefits under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) for households with children under the age of 18 who have chronic medical conditions.
 
Specifically, the bill revises the excess medical expense deduction under SNAP to allow households to deduct allowable medical expenses in excess of $35 per month incurred for such children from their incomes in calculating SNAP benefits. Currently, the excess medical expense deduction under SNAP only allows qualified households with an elderly or disabled member to deduct such expenses.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Foreign Agriculture, and Horticulture.
action_date: 2023-02-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2023-02-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-02-01
text: Introduced in House
CALL Act

Bill: 118-hr-707
Sponsor: Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26]
Introduced: 2023-02-01 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-01
text: 

Conservation for Agricultural Leased Land Act or the
 
CALL Act

 
This bill directs the National Agricultural Statistics Service of the Department of Agriculture to carry out a study and make recommendations regarding conservation practices on leased agricultural land. 
 
The study must (1) address issues such as participation in conservation programs and barriers to adopting conservation practices; and (2) be carried out with particular consideration of farmers and ranchers who are people of color, including Black and indigenous farmers and ranchers, and beginning farmers and ranchers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology.
action_date: 2023-02-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2023-02-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-02-01
text: Introduced in House
Climate Agricultural Conservation Practices Act

Bill: 118-hr-708
Sponsor: Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26]
Introduced: 2023-02-01 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-01
text: 

Climate Agricultural Conservation Practices Act

 
This bill requires the Natural Resources Conservation Service within the Department of Agriculture to consider climate benefits, such as reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, in reviews or revisions of its conservation practice standards. (These standards provide guidance and set out minimum quality criteria for implementing federally funded conservation practices.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology.
action_date: 2023-02-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2023-02-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-02-01
text: Introduced in House
Muhammad Ali Congressional Gold Medal Act

Bill: 118-hr-709
Sponsor: Rep. Carson, Andre [D-IN-7]
Introduced: 2023-02-01 in the House
Policy area: Sports and Recreation

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-01
text: 

Muhammad Ali Congressional Gold Medal Act

 
This bill provides for the posthumous award of a Congressional Gold Medal to Muhammad Ali.
 
There is authorized to be charged against the U.S. Mint Public Enterprise Fund such amounts as may be necessary to pay for the costs of the medals struck under this bill.
 
Sums received from the sale of duplicate bronze medals authorized by this bill shall be deposited into that fund.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-02-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2023-02-01
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E84)
action_date: 2023-02-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-02-01
text: Introduced in House
Sustainable Budget Act of 2022

Bill: 118-hr-710
Sponsor: Rep. Case, Ed [D-HI-1]
Introduced: 2023-02-01 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Budget deficits and national debt
Budget process
Congressional operations and organization
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
House of Representatives
Legislative rules and procedure
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Senate

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-01
text: 

Sustainable Budget Act of 2022

 
This bill establishes the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform within the legislative branch to identify policies to improve the fiscal situation in the medium term and achieve fiscal sustainability over the long term.
 
The commission must propose recommendations that (1) are designed to balance the budget, excluding interest payments on the debt, within 10 years; and (2) meaningfully improve the long-term fiscal outlook, including changes to address the growth of entitlement spending and the gap between projected federal revenues and expenditures.
 
Congress must consider the commission's recommendations using specified expedited legislative procedures. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-11-29
text: Committee Hearings Held
action_date: 2023-02-02
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E91)
action_date: 2023-02-01
text: Referred to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2023-02-01
text: Referred to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2023-02-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-02-01
text: Introduced in House
Throw Away Junk Plans Act

Bill: 118-hr-711
Sponsor: Rep. Castor, Kathy [D-FL-14]
Introduced: 2023-02-01 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care costs and insurance
Insurance industry and regulation

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-01
text: 

Throw Away Junk Plans Act

 
This bill eliminates the exemption of short-term, limited-duration health insurance plans from the federal requirements for individual health insurance coverage beginning on April 1, 2023.
 
Currently, short-term, limited-duration plans may offer coverage for a limited amount of time and are exempt from the market requirements of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (e.g., coverage of individuals with preexisting conditions).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-02-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-02-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2023-02-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-02-01
text: Introduced in House
State Border Security Reimbursement Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-712
Sponsor: Rep. Crenshaw, Dan [R-TX-2]
Introduced: 2023-02-01 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Intergovernmental relations
State and local finance

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-01
text: 

State Border Security Reimbursement Act of 2023 

 
This bill requires the federal government to reimburse eligible states for their border security expenses.
 
To be eligible, a state must have expended more than $2.5 billion on border security and enforcement in the 10 years before this bill's enactment. If such a state provides by a certain deadline an accounting of all of its nonfederally funded border security expenses, the federal government must reimburse the full amount.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-02-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-02-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-02-01
text: Introduced in House
Feral Swine Act

Bill: 118-hr-714
Sponsor: Rep. De La Cruz, Monica [R-TX-15]
Introduced: 2023-02-01 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-01
text: 

Feral Swine Act

 
This bill extends through FY2028 the feral swine eradication and control pilot program to respond to the threat feral swine pose to agriculture, native ecosystems, and human and animal health.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry.
action_date: 2023-03-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology.
action_date: 2023-02-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2023-02-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-02-01
text: Introduced in House
Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-715
Sponsor: Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1]
Introduced: 2023-02-01 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Crime prevention
Criminal justice information and records
Firearms and explosives
Government information and archives
Licensing and registrations

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-01
text: 

Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2023

 
This bill establishes new background check requirements for firearm transfers between private parties (i.e., unlicensed individuals).
 
Specifically, it prohibits a firearm transfer between private parties unless a licensed gun dealer, manufacturer, or importer first takes possession of the firearm to conduct a background check.
 
The prohibition does not apply to certain firearm transfers or exchanges, such as a gift between spouses in good faith.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-02-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-02-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-02-01
text: Introduced in House
Fair COLA for Seniors Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-716
Sponsor: Rep. Garamendi, John [D-CA-8]
Introduced: 2023-02-01 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Aging
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
Inflation and prices
Military personnel and dependents
Social security and elderly assistance
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-01
text: 

Fair COLA for Seniors Act of 2023

 
This bill bases cost-of-living adjustments for certain benefits available through federal and military retirement programs, Social Security, and specified programs for veterans on a price index that tracks the spending patterns of older consumers. The Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Department of Labor must publish that price index on a monthly basis.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-12-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
action_date: 2023-02-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2023-02-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs, Oversight and Accountability, and Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2023-02-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs, Oversight and Accountability, and Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2023-02-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs, Oversight and Accountability, and Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2023-02-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs, Oversight and Accountability, and Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2023-02-01
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E81)
action_date: 2023-02-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-02-01
text: Introduced in House
Repatriate Our Patriots Act

Bill: 118-hr-717
Sponsor: Rep. Gonzalez, Vicente [D-TX-34]
Introduced: 2023-02-01 in the House
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-01
text: 

Repatriate Our Patriots Act

 
This bill protects certain veterans of the Armed Forces from removal from the United States and provides such veterans with an expedited procedure for naturalization.
 
The bill applies to 
special veterans
, defined as persons who served in the active Armed Forces who were (1) honorably discharged or released; (2) not convicted of various crimes, including voluntary manslaughter, murder, rape, or terrorism; and (3) not a child abuser or pedophile.
 
Special veterans may not be removed from the United States, and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) must cancel any pending removal proceedings or orders against any such veterans. DHS must also establish a program to permit such veterans who were already removed from the United States to return to as lawful permanent residents. 

Special veterans shall be naturalized upon filing an application, paying the relevant fees, and taking an oath of allegiance. DHS must take steps to ensure such naturalization applications are pending for no longer than 90 days. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-02-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-02-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-02-01
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 to include certain services in the definition of critical services for purposes of repair, restoration, and replacement of damaged facilities.

Bill: 118-hr-718
Sponsor: Rescom. González-Colón, Jenniffer [R-PR-At Large]
Introduced: 2023-02-01 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-01
text: 
This bill expands the definition of 
critical services
 in the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to include solid waste management, stormwater management, public housing, transportation infrastructure, and medical care.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-02-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2023-02-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2023-02-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-02-01
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Labor Management Relations Act to prohibit neutrality agreements, and for other purposes.

Bill: 118-hr-719
Sponsor: Rep. Good, Bob [R-VA-5]
Introduced: 2023-02-01 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-01
text: 
This bill prohibits employers from providing assistance to their employees who are in the process of exercising the right to organize and bargain collectively through representatives of their own choosing.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-02-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2023-02-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-02-01
text: Introduced in House
Davis-Bacon Repeal Act

Bill: 118-hr-720
Sponsor: Rep. Good, Bob [R-VA-5]
Introduced: 2023-02-01 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-01
text: 

Davis-Bacon Repeal Act

 
 This bill repeals the Davis-Bacon Act, which requires that the locally prevailing wage rate be paid to various classes of laborers and mechanics working under federally-financed or federally-assisted contracts for construction, alteration, and repair of public buildings or public works.
 
References in any law to a requirement under the Davis-Bacon Act shall be null and void. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-02-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2023-02-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-02-01
text: Introduced in House
Union Integrity Act

Bill: 118-hr-721
Sponsor: Rep. Good, Bob [R-VA-5]
Introduced: 2023-02-01 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-01
text: 

Union Integrity Act

 
This bill establishes whistleblower protections for union employees. It prohibits a labor organization from discriminating against any of its employees who (1) provide information to the labor organization, the Department of Labor, or any other state, local, or federal government authority or law enforcement agency regarding any violation of the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 or any Labor, National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), or National Mediation Board (NMB) order; (2) testify in any Labor, NLRB, or NMB administrative or enforcement proceeding; (3) file or institute any such proceeding; or (4) refuse to perform an assigned task that the employee reasonably believes is a violation of any law, order, or prohibition enforceable by Labor, the NLRB, or the NMB.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-02-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2023-02-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-02-01
text: Introduced in House
Western Hemisphere Nearshoring Act

Bill: 118-hr-722
Sponsor: Rep. Green, Mark E. [R-TN-7]
Introduced: 2023-02-01 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-01
text: 

Western Hemisphere Nearshoring Act

 
This bill provides assistance for corporations to move operations from China to countries in Latin America or the Caribbean and addresses related issues. 
 
For example, the bill requires the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation to provide financing and other assistance to eligible corporations for costs associated with such a move. Tariffs collected for goods manufactured in China shall be used to pay for such assistance.
 
The President may provide preferential treatment, including duty-free treatment, for goods produced in a Latin American or Caribbean country by a corporation that received relocation assistance under this bill.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-12-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2023-02-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign 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: 2023-02-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign 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: 2023-02-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-02-01
text: Introduced in House
ID for EBT Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-723
Sponsor: Rep. Grothman, Glenn [R-WI-6]
Introduced: 2023-02-01 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-01
text: 

ID for EBT Act of 202

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This bill revises provisions related to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program to require states to include a photograph of one or more members of a household on electronic benefit cards that are issued to provide program benefits.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Foreign Agriculture, and Horticulture.
action_date: 2023-02-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2023-02-01
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H617)
action_date: 2023-02-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-02-01
text: Introduced in House
Arctic Refuge Protection Act

Bill: 118-hr-724
Sponsor: Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2]
Introduced: 2023-02-01 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Alaska
Arctic and polar regions
Oil and gas
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-01
text: 

Arctic Refuge Protection Act
 

This bill repeals the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge oil and gas program. 
 
The bill designates approximately 1,559,538 acres of land within Alaska in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-02-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2023-02-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2023-02-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2023-02-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-02-01
text: Introduced in House