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Opportunities to Support Mothers and Deliver Children Act

Bill: 118-hr-4833
Sponsor: Rep. Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4]
Introduced: 2023-07-24 in the House
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2023-07-24
text: 

Opportunities to Support Mothers and Deliver Children Act

This bill provides funding for, and requires the Department of Health and Human Services to award, grants for demonstration projects to train low-income individuals to work in the field of pregnancy, childbirth, or postpartum care. Grantees must be located in a state that recognizes doulas or midwives as health care providers and that allows payment for their services under public or private insurance plans.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-12-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Work and Welfare.
action_date: 2023-07-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2023-07-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-07-24
text: Introduced in House
District of Columbia Zoning Commission Home Rule Act

Bill: 118-hr-4834
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2023-07-24 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
action_date: 2023-07-24
text: 

District of Columbia Zoning Commission Home Rule Act

This bill modifies the composition of the District of Columbia Zoning Commission to require the commission to consist of only three mayoral appointees. Currently, the commission consists of five individuals: three mayoral appointees, the Architect of the Capitol, and the Director of the National Park Service. The bill removes the Architect of the Capitol and the Director of the National Park Service from the commission.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability.
action_date: 2023-07-24
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E706)
action_date: 2023-07-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-07-24
text: Introduced in House
Revitalizing Rural Communities Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-4835
Sponsor: Rep. Nunn, Zachary [R-IA-3]
Introduced: 2023-07-24 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit
Rural conditions and development

Summary:
action_date: 2023-07-24
text: 

Revitalizing Rural Communities Act of 2023

This bill reauthorizes the Department of Agriculture's Rural Economic Development Loan and Grant program through FY2028 to provide funding for rural projects through local utility organizations.
 

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-09-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development.
action_date: 2023-07-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2023-07-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-07-24
text: Introduced in House
Professional Images Protection Act

Bill: 118-hr-4836
Sponsor: Rep. Raskin, Jamie [D-MD-8]
Introduced: 2023-07-24 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2023-07-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-07-24
text: Introduced in House
Building a Health Care Workforce for the Future Act

Bill: 118-hr-4837
Sponsor: Rep. Ruiz, Raul [D-CA-25]
Introduced: 2023-07-24 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Dental care
Education programs funding
Government studies and investigations
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health care quality
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Medicaid
Medical education
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Medicare
Mental health
Nursing
State and local government operations
Student aid and college costs
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2023-07-24
text: 

Building a Health Care Workforce for the Future Act

 
This bill establishes, within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), grant programs for health professional education and training. It also requires the National Academy of Medicine (formerly known as the Institute of Medicine) to study the documentation requirements for cognitive services under Medicare, Medicaid, and private health insurers, including administrative and labor costs of such documentation.
 
For the first grant program, HHS must award matching grants to states for scholarships to ensure an adequate supply of health professionals. As a condition of receiving scholarships, recipients must agree to work in areas with shortages of health care providers for one year for each year they receive the scholarship.
 
For the second grant program, HHS must award grants to medical and other health professions schools to improve curricula for, and education and training on, certain priority competencies, such as patient-centered medical homes and chronic disease management. The Advisory Committee on Training in Primary Care Medicine and Dentistry shall select these competencies annually.
 
For the last grant program, HHS may award grants to medical schools for primary care mentorship programs to support faculty who serve as mentors and encourage interest in primary care among students.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-12-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-07-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-07-24
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: 2023-07-24
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: 2023-07-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-07-24
text: Introduced in House
Specialty Crop Security Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-4838
Sponsor: Rep. Slotkin, Elissa [D-MI-7]
Introduced: 2023-07-24 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural marketing and promotion
Agricultural research
Fruit and vegetables
Intergovernmental relations
Public-private cooperation

Summary:
action_date: 2023-07-24
text: 

Specialty Crop Security Act of 2023

This bill reauthorizes and provides additional funding for the Specialty Crop Block Grant Program (SCBGP). The bill also modifies the SCBGP outreach and state plan requirements. Under the block grant program, the Department of Agriculture (USDA) provides grants to the state departments of agriculture to enhance the competitiveness of specialty crops (i.e., fruits, vegetables, tree nuts, dried fruits, horticulture, and nursery crops, including floriculture).

Specifically, the bill reauthorizes the SCBGP through FY2028.

The bill also requires that SCBGP grants be made based on priorities jointly identified by specialty crop producers, producer groups, and state program administrators to achieve the program's purpose.

Further, the bill requires that the plan a state must submit to USDA under the program indicate how outreach to, and consultation with, specialty crop stakeholders will be achieved. 
 

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-09-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Foreign Agriculture, and Horticulture.
action_date: 2023-07-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2023-07-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-07-24
text: Introduced in House
Hospital and ASC Price Transparency Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-4839
Sponsor: Rep. Steel, Michelle [R-CA-45]
Introduced: 2023-07-24 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Congressional oversight
Government information and archives
Health care costs and insurance
Home and outpatient care
Hospital care
Internet, web applications, social media
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2023-07-24
text: 

Hospital and ASC Price Transparency Act of 2023

This bill requires Medicare hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers to publish their prices.

Specifically, hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers must publish pricing information for at least 300 shoppable services designated by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), including the gross charge and discounted cash price. The CMS must establish the method and manner of publication; hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers that have price estimator tools are deemed to be in compliance with the bill's requirements if the tool meets certain specified criteria.

Hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers are subject to civil penalties for noncompliance. The CMS must publish information about the status of each hospital and ambulatory surgical center's compliance.

The bill provides funds for FY2024 to implement these requirements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-12-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-07-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-07-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2023-07-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2023-07-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-07-24
text: Introduced in House
Uyghur Forced Labor Disclosure Act

Bill: 118-hr-4840
Sponsor: Rep. Wexton, Jennifer [D-VA-10]
Introduced: 2023-07-24 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2023-07-24
text: 

Uyghur Forced Labor Disclosure Act

This bill requires an issuer of securities to publicly disclose whether its supply or production chain involves China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region or specified forced labor sources. Issuers must provide documentation of supply and product chain entities and independent verification of such documentation.

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) must annually assess and report on compliance with this bill.

The Government Accountability Office must periodically report on the effectiveness of the SEC’s oversight of the certification requirements under the bill. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2023-07-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-07-24
text: Introduced in House
Keep Your Coins Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-4841
Sponsor: Rep. Davidson, Warren [R-OH-8]
Introduced: 2023-07-25 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Currency
Digital media

Summary:
action_date: 2023-07-25
text: 

Keep Your Coins Act of 2023

This bill prohibits federal agencies from restricting a person's use of convertible virtual currency for their own purposes or to conduct transactions through a self-hosted wallet. 
 
action_date: 2023-12-19
text: 

Keep Your Coins Act of 2023

This bill prohibits federal agencies from restricting a person's use of convertible virtual currency for their own purposes or to conduct transactions through a self-hosted wallet. 
 

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-12-19
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 262.
action_date: 2023-12-19
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 118-323.
action_date: 2023-12-19
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 118-323.
action_date: 2023-07-27
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 29 - 21.
action_date: 2023-07-27
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
action_date: 2023-07-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2023-07-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-07-25
text: Introduced in House
STOP CCP at UN Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-4842
Sponsor: Rep. LaHood, Darin [R-IL-16]
Introduced: 2023-07-25 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Agriculture and Food

Summary:
action_date: 2023-07-25
text: 

Strategy To Oppose Purposeful CCP Aggression at the United Nations Act of 2023 or the STOP CCP at UN Act of 2023 

 
This bill requires actions to address efforts by China to expand its influence on the United Nations.
 
Specifically, the bill requires the Department of State to establish the Office of Multilateral Strategy, which must implement a strategy to counter China at the United Nations. The office must report on its work to Congress.
 
The State Department must also increase the number of U.S.-sponsored junior professional officers at the United Nations to match or exceed the number of such officers sponsored by China. 
 
Furthermore, the State Department and the U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations must report to Congress annually about China's actions to expand its influence on the United Nations, including through coercion, intimidation, and other illegitimate means. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2023-07-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-07-25
text: Introduced in House
Americans First OPT Reform Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-4843
Sponsor: Rep. Santos, George [R-NY-3]
Introduced: 2023-07-25 in the House
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2023-07-25
text: 

Americans First OPT Reform Act of 2023

 
This bill imposes limits on the Optional Practical Training Program. (The program provides an eligible F-1 student visa holder temporary employment authorization before or after completion of the student's studies, or both.)
 
Under this bill, a non-U.S. national (
alien
 under federal law) may only participate in the program for four months with no extensions available. (Current rules generally allow an eligible individual to participate for up to one year with full-time employment; current rules also allow individuals with certain degrees to obtain a 24-month extension.) 
 
The bill also bars certain individuals from participating in the program, specifically an individual (1) with a degree or working in a sensitive field, or (2) who is employed by or otherwise affiliated with an entity owned or controlled by the Communist Party of China.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-07-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-07-25
text: Introduced in House
Improving Training for School Food Service Workers Act

Bill: 118-hr-4844
Sponsor: Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2]
Introduced: 2023-07-25 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Summary:
action_date: 2023-07-25
text: 

Improving Training for School Food Service Workers Act

This bill adds requirements regarding the availability of training that the Department of Agriculture provides under current law for local food service personnel in schools.

The training must be scheduled primarily during regular, paid working hours; offered in-person whenever appropriate; and incorporate hands-on training techniques.

If the training is scheduled outside of working hours, food service personnel must be informed about the necessity of scheduling the program and compensated for attending the program. Personnel may not be penalized for failing to attend a program outside of working hours.
 

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2023-07-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-07-25
text: Introduced in House
Food Secure Strikers Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-4845
Sponsor: Rep. Adams, Alma S. [D-NC-12]
Introduced: 2023-07-25 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Food assistance and relief
Labor-management relations
Nutrition and diet
Worker safety and health

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-09-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Foreign Agriculture, and Horticulture.
action_date: 2023-07-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2023-07-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-07-25
text: Introduced in House
Better Deals and Lower Prices Act

Bill: 118-hr-4846
Sponsor: Rep. Arrington, Jodey C. [R-TX-19]
Introduced: 2023-07-25 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business records
Civil actions and liability
Employee benefits and pensions
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health care costs and insurance
Health information and medical records
Prescription drugs
Right of privacy

Summary:
action_date: 2023-07-25
text: 

Better Deals and Lower Prices Act

This bill establishes reporting requirements for pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) with respect to services provided to health insurance plans.

First, PBMs must report annually to the plan sponsor certain information about the PBM's services, including the amount of prescription drug copayment assistance funded by drug manufacturers, a list of covered drugs billed under the plan during the reporting period, and the total gross and net spending by the health plan on prescription drugs during the reporting period. PBMs also must submit specified elements of the report (e.g., the total gross spending on prescription drugs) to the Government Accountability Office (GAO). The report must comply with the privacy requirements under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996.

The bill establishes civil penalties for violations of these requirements and provides for enforcement by the appropriate agencies.

GAO must report on the pharmacy networks of plans or PBMs, including whether such networks under common ownership with the plans or PBMs are designed to encourage plan enrollees to use network pharmacies over other pharmacies.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-12-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-07-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-07-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and the Workforce, 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: 2023-07-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and the Workforce, 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: 2023-07-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and the Workforce, 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: 2023-07-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-07-25
text: Introduced in House
Safeguarding Syria Sanctions Act

Bill: 118-hr-4847
Sponsor: Rep. Baird, James R. [R-IN-4]
Introduced: 2023-07-25 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2023-07-25
text: 

Safeguarding Syria Sanctions Act

 
This bill prohibits the Department of the Treasury from issuing or extending a general license (i.e., waiver) of the Syria Sanctions Regulations to respond to the February 6, 2023, earthquake in Syria. (Treasury issued Syria General License 23 to temporarily allow direct transactions related to earthquake relief efforts for 180 days.)
 
Additionally, the bill requires Treasury to provide Congress with at least 15 days advance notice of any changes related to the Syria Sanctions Regulations. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-12-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2023-07-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Financial Services, Oversight and Accountability, and 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: 2023-07-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Financial Services, Oversight and Accountability, and 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: 2023-07-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Financial Services, Oversight and Accountability, and 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: 2023-07-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Financial Services, Oversight and Accountability, and 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: 2023-07-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Financial Services, Oversight and Accountability, and 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: 2023-07-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-07-25
text: Introduced in House
Censorship Accountability Act

Bill: 118-hr-4848
Sponsor: Rep. Bishop, Dan [R-NC-8]
Introduced: 2023-07-25 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
First Amendment rights
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Lawyers and legal services

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-07-11
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 479.
action_date: 2024-07-11
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 118-579.
action_date: 2024-07-11
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 118-579.
action_date: 2024-02-29
text: Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 19 - 11.
action_date: 2024-02-29
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
action_date: 2023-07-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-07-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-07-25
text: Introduced in House